Hitchhiking Ladybug
This morning my daughter and I were preparing some vegetables from the Farmer’s market to give to our 2 bunnies. I took out some carrots that still had the greens attached at the top and laid them on the counter. Right away my daughter said “Mommy what is that red?” as she was pointing at the carrot. I looked down and saw a little seven spotted ladybug laying on the leaf! I looked closer and could see the ladybug was clutching a little insect cocoon of some sort.
We soon realized that she had traveled quite a long way! She survived being picked from the carrot patch, thrown in a box, riding all the way to the farmer’s market, then we of all people (LOL) picked out that particular carrot bunch and put her in a cooler with our other produce whick stayed in our car for about 2 hours while we went to the grocery store and back home. Then she hung out in our refrigerator for 4 days before we found her!
We took some pictures of the sweet little ladybug and then put her outside where she started moving around once the sun warmed her up! And all the while she was still clutching that little morsel of food that she had probably been thoroughly enjoying when she was so rudely interrupted in her carrot patch!! 
If you are interested in learning more about ladybugs and fridge storage, visit our ladybug pest control page. Or if you want to learn more about them in general visit our ladybug facts page.
June 23rd, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Across North America ladybug species distribution is changing. Join the Lost Lady Bug Project in finding out where all the ladybugs have gone. Take a virtual field trip with MEET ME AT THE CORNER (www.meetmeatthecorner.org) to Colorado Springs and learn more about the Lost Ladybug Project and how kids can get involved this project by finding and recording of lady bugs in their corner of the world.
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This is a great website for kids, parents, teachers and homeschool families.
July 20th, 2010 at 4:41 am
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