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Published: 2006-05-24 21:44:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 1005; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 46
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This weekend I saw this ladybird in my garden. Probably it was hunting bugs.Thanks to ~scourge2bunnies I know now that it's probably Harmonia axyridis.
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Thank you so much
What a pretty collection
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hey why are the colours vice versa? 
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That's just the way it looks. No it isn't poisonous.
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Great shot! You have been featured in my journal. Please let me know is you would like me to remove it. Thanks!
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Thanks for the feature.
btw I love your gallery. That explains the
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You're welcome and thanks for the 
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That is an amazing ladybug!!!
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You should check this out : !
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Thank you
I checked out that club. It's great ! I hope I can make more pictures of ladybugs (as soon as the weather get's better).
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Wow it's really beautiful! I hardly see black ladybirds
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Thanks
They're rather common over here.
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My grandmother used to say that seeing them or having them on one's body is a sign of good luck to come, and that killing them brings bad luck... Here in Portugal we call them Joaninha (Little Joane 
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'Joaninha' sounds nice for these lovely little creatures.
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Da's een leuke zeg!
Het is inderdaad het Aziatisch veelkleurig lieveheersbeestje, een mooi beestje, maar jammer genoeg een echte pest aan het worden..
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Ik kende het beestje niet, maar heb met wat suggesties toch gevonden wat het is. Het is wel zeer divers van kleurvormen en -patronen. Een pest... nog niets van gemerkt. Misschien in sommige regio's waar nogal wat fruit en/of groenten worden gekweekt?
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Er stond een artikel in De Morgen onlangs over de schadelijkste exoten, vandaar...
Het probleem is dat ze de inlandse lieveheersbeestjes verdringen.
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Do you think your ladybird might be here [link] ? It seems to look like the Tottenham variety of Harmonia axyridis, the first one in the images section, though that is a very bad picture. It has two round red spots on the body, broad white sides on the forebody, a white spot on the head, and red on the abdomen. It's hard to see the top of the head in your photo, but I think I see the white spot between the eyes. Your photo is so much better that it's hard to compare. What do you think?
This is an Asian ladybird that has been released in Europe and became established in Belgium in 2002. You might have captured an immigrant ladybird.
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I think you're right about the name of this ladybird. It's probably this little immigrant 
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stunning stunning stunning macro. it looks like a studio shot
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It sure isn't. It was made in my garden. The leaf is from a Red currant (Ribes rubrum). I had to take about ten pictures to get one very good because there was a lot of wind and I got to much motionblur.
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oh i could tell you took it outside 
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Nice lady-bird....
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Maybe you see ladybirds during holidays because yhen you have plenty of time to observe nature?
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There are all kind of combinations. Look at this site: [link]
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Omg! Thats a lot of ladybirds!!!!
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So cool! Now, see, anybody else would not have noticed your little ladybird. It's great that you did. Wonderful shot!
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Thanks. I have a special eye for the little things. (even the little things in life)
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Do you know anything about these little beetles? I know some species, but I'm still looking for this ones name.
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looks like this one: [link]
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A bit, yes, but mine has two white spots behind the head. So I think it's a colour-variant of the Two-spot ladybird (Adalia bipunctata). [link]
But I'm not sure of that.
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like i said...a negative
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I think you could have been right!
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i was searching for them some time ago, but i may try to find it somewhere...i don't remember if i found it.
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A good help are these links: [link] [link] [link]
But I didn't find what I was searching for.
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A very strong macro - the amount of detail that you've been able to capture is quite nice, and difficult considering the extreme depth here.
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Thank you very much for your comment.
I'll take a look at your gallery too!
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There are so many different species. A nice link to ladybirds can be found on [link]
(It's in Dutch, but that can't be a problem
I know a lot of these little beetles but I'm still searching for a name for the one on my picture.
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That is a great shot , exc. macro 
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Some call it even Lady Beetle
Thanks for the nice comment.
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Ha ha whatever.. its a nice little beetle, bug ... "bird"
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