What is this? It's a ladybug believe it or not!
Our Crepe Myrtle is Crawling with these little creatures.
They are feasting on the aphid infestation that we've been battling this summer. The poor tree almost lost its leaves in July before we sprayed it with dawn and water to kill them (much more environmentally friendly than pesticides, and it worked!)
Anyway, we saw all of these little creatures on the leaves and I thought that it would be neat to watch them become what they were meant to be:) Sooooooooo...
We captured some of the little guys and put them in a makeshift ladybug house (jar:) to watch the wonders of nature up close.
Let's see how long it takes this one to get it's spots:)
Lepanto
And for the feast of the most Holy Rosary, the older babes made their very own rosaries!
Don't they look beautiful!
Here's one that has just emerged looking a little yellow:)
We had three hatch on the thirteenth. We always let them go the day after they hatched.
This is our last friend to emerge. He developed some really bright spots pretty quickly. I pondered keeping him untill he turned red, but I thought he'd like it better if I let him go FREE. This was a fun project to do (I think I enjoyed it more than the kids:). The perplexing thing was that I ended up with more bugs than I had crysalis for:0. I guess they really do have good camoflage!
