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16-JUN-2006 Peter Hollinger

Lady Beetle and Aphids

on a Rose Bush

Eating aphids is dirty work. Her schedule
went something like: [1] catch aphid: 0.5 seconds;
[2] eat aphid: 10 seconds; [3] cleanup: 60 seconds.

Another view:

Canon EOS 20D ,Sigma 150mm f/2.8 APO EX DG Macro HSM
1/250s f/11.0 at 150.0mm iso100 with Flash full exif

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Lloyd & Sandy Spitalnik25-Jun-2006 19:39
Hi Peter, Wow! Lots going on here! Came across your name the other day on Bugguide.net. We've been trying to learn insects and finding it pretty daunting. Did some research about how ladybigs were imported to eat aphids, which this pic show perfectly. Regards, Sandy&Lloyd