I love ladybugs but don’t see them very often. I was therefore pretty happy on Monday when I spotted this one crawling around in the vegetation at Jackson Miles Abbott Wetlands Refuge. So often a ladybug will keep its head so close to the vegetation that it’s hard to see it, but this one cooperated by raising its head, almost like it was posing for me.
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Mike Powell 
Gorgeous Mike… I think I found her New York cousin this weekend. She definitely did a wonderful pose for you. I thought I was going to have to post a photo of ladybeetle butt, but eventually she turned around for a portrait. They do make for stunning photos with that bright and shiny red shell.
Thanks, Laura. When the light is right and they stop moving, they do indeed make for wonderful images.