Ladybug Didn't Fly Away Home. She's Busy Creating a New One for Her Offspring (26) *See story below
I discovered this lady bug because I was examining a shrub in my garden that was partially infested with aphids. I happened to see her on the underside of a leaf near the area I was checking. Upon a closer look I noticed 13 tiny eggs. With camera already in hand to photograph the aphids, I began "shooting" her egg laying process instead. I took 133 shots over the 34 minutes that it took her to lay 76 eggs to get this shot (the one I wanted most) of the moment the egg was coming from her ovipositor, to placement in the row! None of the other shots that I took captured it. All photos were done by hand-held, manual focus with a 1-5x lens.
Ladybug Didn't Fly Away Home. She's Busy Creating a New One for Her Offspring (26) *See story below
I discovered this lady bug because I was examining a shrub in my garden that was partially infested with aphids. I happened to see her on the underside of a leaf near the area I was checking. Upon a closer look I noticed 13 tiny eggs. With camera already in hand to photograph the aphids, I began "shooting" her egg laying process instead. I took 133 shots over the 34 minutes that it took her to lay 76 eggs to get this shot (the one I wanted most) of the moment the egg was coming from her ovipositor, to placement in the row! None of the other shots that I took captured it. All photos were done by hand-held, manual focus with a 1-5x lens.