New Season! - _TNY_6813
Yay - here is the first outside bug shot of 2024 for me. Living in Stockholm, Sweden result in me having to wait quite a lot longer for bug season to begin but this one from March 31st means the season is up and running.
Me and my son was trying to fix a wobbly stone in a stair at my mom's summer house and when we lifted it up, we found this little guy sleeping underneath.
It is one of the smaller species, a ten-spotted ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) which measure in at about 4 mm (.16") so this shot was taken at quite high magnification - 4.3:1 to get some detail.
This species is quite variable and from what I understand, this pattern on the elytra isn't the most common - but quite pretty, right? Bonus points for having beautiful blue eyes like that.
*Unforunately, winte wasn't completely done just yet so since this, whe have had temps below freezing and quite a lot of snow so hopefully Mr. or Mrs. Ten-Spot here managed to finde some good shelter until spring makes a comeback.
New Season! - _TNY_6813
Yay - here is the first outside bug shot of 2024 for me. Living in Stockholm, Sweden result in me having to wait quite a lot longer for bug season to begin but this one from March 31st means the season is up and running.
Me and my son was trying to fix a wobbly stone in a stair at my mom's summer house and when we lifted it up, we found this little guy sleeping underneath.
It is one of the smaller species, a ten-spotted ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) which measure in at about 4 mm (.16") so this shot was taken at quite high magnification - 4.3:1 to get some detail.
This species is quite variable and from what I understand, this pattern on the elytra isn't the most common - but quite pretty, right? Bonus points for having beautiful blue eyes like that.
*Unforunately, winte wasn't completely done just yet so since this, whe have had temps below freezing and quite a lot of snow so hopefully Mr. or Mrs. Ten-Spot here managed to finde some good shelter until spring makes a comeback.