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Produce => Wildlife forum => Topic started by: OllieC on January 14, 2012, 22:57:44

Title: Ladybirds hiding for the winter, Jan 2012
Post by: OllieC on January 14, 2012, 22:57:44
Took this on our stroll yesterday - there's at least 6 ladybirds hiding there....

Ollie

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g207/Big_Cheesus/Lanybirds2012.jpg)
Title: Re: Ladybirds hiding for the winter, Jan 2012
Post by: BarriedaleNick on January 15, 2012, 07:56:52
Nice pic Ollie - wonder how they are coping with the frosty weather..
Title: Re: Ladybirds hiding for the winter, Jan 2012
Post by: Debs on January 15, 2012, 11:20:12
we found a tiny ladybird in the kitchen last week during the mild spell - so son put it under a plant in garden - wonder if it will survive?
Title: Re: Ladybirds hiding for the winter, Jan 2012
Post by: shirlton on January 15, 2012, 11:26:12
I just love ladybirds and thats a lovely picture Ollie
Title: Re: Ladybirds hiding for the winter, Jan 2012
Post by: elvis2003 on January 15, 2012, 11:32:46
amazing pic Ollie,clever you!
we have lots of them hibernating inside the flat this year,one fell on my leyboard the other day,frightened the life out of me till i realised what it was
Title: Re: Ladybirds hiding for the winter, Jan 2012
Post by: lavenderlux on January 25, 2012, 17:56:06
Very interesting picture and information;  we had a school group at our allotments last week looking for 'where creatures go in the winter' and found several ladybirds on teasels. 
Continuing our search for winter homes, we'd expected to find frogs under corrugated iron sheets and under old plastic compost bags which we leave as winter homes at the edge of our wildlife area - but none there this year - in previous years they've always been there, usually a dozen or so frogs - of all sizes - clustered together.