Found in the garden today, hibernating ladybirds. Hope they stay to eat the bugs next year.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Wow! Christmas-y, lol! I have never seen that. How long do they live? I just assumed it was for a single year or less.
MikeInBatonRouge
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Feb 1, 2019
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Yes I think it is only about a year, these would be last autumn's crop waiting for spring, and possibily it is not true hibernation they just cluster together and become torpid. I do not know much about insects, but it is true that honey bees hatched in the summer only live about six weeks, while those hatched in the autumn can live six months or more.
Wow! I did not know they hibernated.
Spinliesel
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Jan 27, 2019
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Well the common sort here in the UK do, they seem to like to cluster in high dry places like this, but I can not say what happens in the US. Though I would think that they would be worth looking for.
@Fernapple Yes, i agree. Thanks.
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