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Wednesday, June 14
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They must be doing a good job, because I can't see any aphids in your photos!
ReplyDeleteI think the ladybirds and some of the birds are doing a fine job, Mark. We often find that when the roses are attacked by aphids they often are soon clear again with us ding absolutely nothing.
DeleteGreat photos! First time I saw one of these I thought aliens had landed!
ReplyDeleteIt is such a shame,Deborah that lots of gardeners squish them thinking that they are pests. When I was teaching we raised some from eggs right through into ladybird stage Fascinating the children collected aphids each day to feed them.
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ReplyDeleteOh, She, is it a ladybird larvae? I always thought it's a pest and sprayed them on the leaves. Great macro photos!
ReplyDeleteNow you know to just let them get in with their feeding, Nadezda
DeleteMarvelous shots! I seen quite a few this year, could do with more as aphids are everywhere at the moment.xxx
ReplyDeleteWe had a couple on our dustbin lid the other day, Dina so I removed them to a rose that had a few aphids. We haven't many, I think that the birds cleared quite a lot when browsing for food for their young.
DeleteNice macro shots. You may have one lens but it clearly has a macro facility!
ReplyDeleteI usually have the lens at full wide angle and get as close as I can, Mal. The image is so large that I can crop it and still have a good image, There is also a macro zoom facility for when to get too close would cast a shadow and of course you can also use the normal zoom. I'll write a post one day :-)
DeleteThe aphids are voracious in our garden this year - the worst I've ever seen! But I have also found a lot of ladybug larva on our plum tree (which is suffering for the first time with green aphids) so that's exciting.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope that the ladybirds do the trick, Margaret.
DeleteI've never actually seen ladybug larva in the wild. There does seem to be a lot less ladybugs around this year and the aphids are taking advantage.
ReplyDeleteWe are lucky Phuong - we have lots, just need them to party.
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