I’m pulling out the dead plants from the little flower (weed) garden in front of the house today. It’s about 20 deg C, the sun is shining, and there’s not a breath of wind.

Being easily distracted from something that should and needs to be done, I decided to watch the ladybugs I had disturbed. They didn’t do too much, mostly scurried to find a hiding spot from the crazy fool digging them up.

Insects do not appreciate the value of posing for a photograph, so I patiently waited for them to do something. The closest I got to anything interesting was when one of them stretched his (her) wings a couple of times before crawling under an old leaf.

Ladybug on a leaf

Ladybug opening wings

Ladybug in the sun