Ladybird Love
Dan Morelle posted a photo:
I discovered these two beauties after putting my two little beauties off to bed tonight.
A yellow ladybird with black spots and a black lady bird with red spots.
They were at either end of the blind but gradually crawled towards each other – when I caught them having a sneaky kiss I felt incredibly privledged to witness it, the hairs stood up on my neck. I switched the light off and went back downstairs to give them some privacy…
Turns out that these two are variations of the Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) also known as the Multicoloured Asian Ladybird and the Halloween Ladybird. The black dude is called H. axyridis spectabilis and the yellow lady is called H. axyridis succinea. If you would like to know more about them look here: www.harlequin-survey.org/
Moments like these convince me I must invest in a proper camera, one of these days…
