22 + 22 - _TNY_1269
I was helping a good friends take a couple of additional shots of their house and garden for an upcoming sale as they weren't entirely happy with the realtor's shots. This worked out just fine and when we were done, I switched to the macro lens and diffuser to see if there was anything cool hanging around in their garden.
These two 22-spot ladybirds (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) were having a moment on a hairy leaf of plant in the garden so I snapped a couple of shots of them.
This is a significantly smaller species than the average ladybird (3-4 mm / .14") and to make them even more unusual, they are actually vegetarian and eat milldew instead of the traditional aphid diet of most other species.
22 + 22 - _TNY_1269
I was helping a good friends take a couple of additional shots of their house and garden for an upcoming sale as they weren't entirely happy with the realtor's shots. This worked out just fine and when we were done, I switched to the macro lens and diffuser to see if there was anything cool hanging around in their garden.
These two 22-spot ladybirds (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) were having a moment on a hairy leaf of plant in the garden so I snapped a couple of shots of them.
This is a significantly smaller species than the average ladybird (3-4 mm / .14") and to make them even more unusual, they are actually vegetarian and eat milldew instead of the traditional aphid diet of most other species.