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The New Hotness

  • Ladybugs!

    These freshly hatched alligator-oid critters:

    Ladybug larvae
    Ladybug larvae

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

    Ladybug Larva Eating Aphid
    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
    Ladybug with aphids

    And then they do this and the wheel goes around:

    Ladybugs mating
    Ladybugs mating

    Gardeners love them ever so much…