These freshly hatched alligator-oid critters:
Ladybug larvae
…. quickly become something even more fearsome, at least to aphids smaller than they are:
Ladybug Larva Eating Aphid (by Cheryl Hearty – CCE/DC)
Eventually they turn into Ladybugs who relentlessly stalk larger aphids on garden plants:
Ladybug with aphids
And then they do this and the wheel goes around:
Ladybugs mating
Gardeners love them ever so much…
#1 by Aki on 19-May-2012 - 10:59
There seems to be love on the air.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/allergies/weather/USNY0996#
#2 by Ed on 19-May-2012 - 14:08
If you think that’s love, you’re doing it all wrong…
#3 by Aki on 20-May-2012 - 01:09
“Let me tell you ’bout the birds and the bees
And the flowers and the trees
And the moon up above
And a thing called …”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene