I was standing at the bunker today, killing time and basically waiting for the day to end, when out of the blue this lovely little fella lands on my hand. Ive actually been reading up on ladybird beetles alot of late, and some of the popular culture states that if a ladybird lands on you then this is very good luck. What the hey, I'll take that. He hung around for a good 5 minutes or so just wandering around my hand til he flew off. We dont have as many ladybirds as we did last year, I couldnt remember when I had seen so many before in my life. These insects breed in spring when food is abundant, so it isnt uncommon to have several generations in one season then nothing til the next season. On the plus side its still relatively early in the season, so they still have time to get their numbers up to last years. Breed little ladybird, breed! I demand another army of tiny, spotted, ferocious beetles, annihilating the aphid population!
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