The bugs are back in town!
Last weekend we had a nice warm spell and I found it fascinating how some of the usual suspects just popped out of nowhere. Sometimes I really wonder where many of these insects go when the weather is bad - as when it is cold and wet it is nearly impossible to find many of these and once the weather turns good they are everywhere.
I found this ladybug on one of our outdoor chair covers. I didn’t feel this was the best place for it so I moved it to one of our rose bushes.
I’m not sure I did it any favors though as it seemed quite confused about its new surroundings. Interestingly, most people consider lady bugs to be ‘cute’, but my wife did not thinks so of the following shot.
I also found a common visitor in my yard - the stink bug. However, you’ll have to wait for tomorrow to see the stink bug as Flickr seems to have gone offline while I am writing this post.
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