It's so interesting how they go from egg, to larva, to pupa, and finally turn into a ladybug! (in this case it's a lady beetle, a bit more aggressive than the ladybug).
[video description: a closeup of an arm as seen by the person it belongs to, with an asian lady beetle standing on the wrist. As the beetle climbs along the forearm toward the wrist, the arm moves to keep it in gram. A softly voiced voiceover sings:
“There’s a little guy, crawling up my arm. There’s a little guy, I won’t do him harm! S’just a little guy, don’t know where he’s been. But he’s gonna climb, right across my skin.”
By the time the song ends the beetle has stopped its trek, stretching and wiggling its legs in place. /end description]
I’ve decided not to spray aphids off of Rose of Sharon & Milkweed, because the Asian Lady Beetles & Lady Bugs needs something to eat.
For past 2 weeks I’ve been watching a little Asian Lady Beetle (top photo) born with a bad shell and wing on one side crawling because it can’t fly, all over the Milkweed eating pollen and aphids, it really gets around on all 3 Milkweeds in that cluster.
One of the Asian Lady Beetle still growing out of the larval stage on Rose of Sharon.
Both Asian Lady Beetles and Ladybugs feed on aphids and other garden pests.