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Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Creative Challenge #275 ~ Rare

Ladybirds (ladybugs) used to be one of the commonest sights of the British summer, but in the last few years they seem to have become increasingly rare. This is the only one I saw this past summer
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29 comments:

  1. tesstruhartz29 October 2013 at 12:16

    Good shot, lady bugs bring good luck

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  2. Dim Lamp29 October 2013 at 13:06

    Fantastic shot! We still have them here in Canada.

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    1. MitchyLR29 October 2013 at 19:31

      Thanks DL :-)) I'm going to have to do some research into why they are becoming rare here.

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  3. Leovi29 October 2013 at 14:38

    Nice picture, lovely ladybug!

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  4. Anonymous29 October 2013 at 17:04

    awesome photo, Mitch....perhaps they seem to be rare there because of the old verse: "Lady bug, lady bug fly away home
    your house is on fire
    your children alone!"

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    1. MitchyLR29 October 2013 at 19:32

      Thanks Linda :-)). Ahhh, that might explain it then. LOL.

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  5. Pat Gerber-Relf29 October 2013 at 18:35

    True, I don't see so many in the garden as I used to and they are so useful eating the aphids.

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  6. ulla laiho29 October 2013 at 19:09

    En fantastiskt fin närbild av nyckelpigan (med ett litet hjärta på till och med). I år har det varit ont om nyckelpigor här i Ösmo.

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    1. MitchyLR30 October 2013 at 07:59

      Tack Ulla. Om du har många, skicka några här!!

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  7. Danette 30 October 2013 at 00:00

    Pretty thing! Great shot!There are some areas in this country where we have too many!. Where I live I rarely see fireflies :( they have become rare for me

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    1. MitchyLR30 October 2013 at 08:00

      Thanks Danette :-)) We don't get fireflies at all here.

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    2. Danette 30 October 2013 at 13:13

      on the CC challenge site I asked a question, I apologize I meant #8 not yours #6 :)

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    3. MitchyLR30 October 2013 at 17:51

      LOL. No problem :-))

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  8. Belita Isabel Janeira30 October 2013 at 00:44

    Reading the above comments, I think I can say ladybugs have immigrated to Portugal. In summer, I saw these gardener's best friends in several gardens... Excellent shot!

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    1. MitchyLR30 October 2013 at 08:01

      Thanks Belita :-)). Perhaps ours have all migrated to Southern Europe!!

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  9. kathyinozarks30 October 2013 at 15:30

    they are getting hard to see here too and I really love them-and these do not bite like those yellowish ones that seem to have taken over

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    1. MitchyLR30 October 2013 at 17:52

      I don't think we get the yellow ones at all here.

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  10. maryaustria30 October 2013 at 19:28

    Gorgeous shot!

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  11. Anonymous31 October 2013 at 18:57

    As a child we had an ongoing contest who could find the ladybug with the largest number of dots on the back! In California we didn't see them that much (maybe too hot and dry?)

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    1. MitchyLR5 November 2013 at 18:17

      Yes, it might have been the wrong climate for them, but I'm not sure.

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  12. Fatos C31 October 2013 at 20:37

    I love them , I hope they will survive no matter how bad we behave towards the mother nature .

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  13. Sofia5 November 2013 at 02:46

    Cute ladybug.

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  14. Hilarus Fuscus5 November 2013 at 22:27

    We still have many ladybugs but there are no more fireflies here... I remember when I was a kid how many they were...
    Great shot :)

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