An Aphid-Kind of Day

Jun 28, 2010
It was an aphid-kind of day.

When a ladybug landed on a gaura in our bee friendly garden, it was business as usual.

The business: eating aphids.

The rose aphids sucking the plant juices from the tender shoot didn't last long. 

This is why ladybugs are known as "beneficial insects."

You gotta love those ladybugs.


By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Author - Communications specialist

Attached Images:

A LADYBUG crawls up a gaura to snack on aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tower of Aphids

ROSE APHID is unaware that the ladybug is a predator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Eye to Eye

LADYBUG devours an aphid on a gaura. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Crunch Time