These freshly hatched alligator-oid critters:

…. quickly become something even more fearsome, at least to aphids smaller than they are:

Eventually they turn into Ladybugs who relentlessly stalk larger aphids on garden plants:

And then they do this and the wheel goes around:

Gardeners love them ever so much…
There seems to be love on the air.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/allergies/weather/USNY0996#
If you think that’s love, you’re doing it all wrong…
“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