Breakfast of Champions

Featured in Ladybugs May 23, 2009 and in Urban Wildlife July 11, 2009

Featured on RB’s Homepage August 15, 2009

All summer I searched for ladybugs in our gardens. I did find a few but not near AS MANY as in my own home over the winter months. I lost count of how many I gathered up from nooks and crannies and placed in a little aquarium in one contained apartment. I do NOT like to kill bugs and putting them outside in the snow was not an option.

My next dilemma…what to feed them? Apparently they like Cheerios! For those just itching to know, they also like raisins and sliced green grapes :) Little droplets of water each day and they made out just fine.

Now that Spring has arrived the surviving ladies have all been put back outside :)

Canon Rebel EOS XTi with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro lens. Manual Mode, SS 1/80, f/5.6, ISO 200. Photo taken in my home, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

Beautiful Bugs
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