Have you ever come across anything like this??? We hadn't. I'm definitely going to have to read up on ladybugs. I'm not sure whether this was a convention of some sort, or a hatching.
And here's one way you can tell if you're with a good friend. Say you find a quiet place off the beaten path. You sit side by side and enter the kind of state where you start drawing things in the sand and arranging sticks and stones to make things. You don't agree to do it. You don't have to talk. You just do it and get some kind of peaceful satisfaction from doing it. Deb made this one:
I made this one:
Here's what the boys did:
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It seems universal: boys love to lounge.
About the ladybugs- I experienced that once long ago, entering a canyon glen that was orange with ladybugs- you had to keep your mouth closed, they were on every surface. It was beautiful but also creepy.
Wow, It's a ladybug traffic jam!
Yes, I recognize this. It's a convention. The International Association of Ladybugs and Other Spotted Insects, or IALOSI. Their activities are complex, but in this shot they're doing the same thing as the boys in the last shot.
Muir Woods - I love that place! And ladybugs are good for your garden. They sell them in containers at the local farmer's market; you should just grab 'em and bring them home!
Sometimes ladybugs swarm around here and they will be in the house for months. Windowsills will be covered and they find all the nooks and crannies to get into. I don't know why they do it. I always feel lucky when I find one in my hair.
they do sort of bite, though
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