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Lady Bugs on Pine Branch ( 66B )

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Every fall as the temperature drops and the aphid populations disappear, the lady bugs have little food to eat.  They fly to the  lower mountains where they apparently eat pollens and nectar.  They hibernate for the winter in the foothills under pine mats or oak leaves to avoid the freezing air that would kill them.  This species is called the Convergent Lady Bug.   There are many other species, some are not even red.   The red color serves to keep preditors away since it warns them of the foul tasting chemical which comes from their leg joints.
  Whenever the warm and sunny days arrive, masses of these little gems climb out on branches to get warm.   See photo # 66 C to see how it looked after a snow storm (the next day).


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Every fall as the temperature drops and the aphid populations disappear, the lady bugs have little food to eat.  They fly to the  lower mountains where they apparently eat pollens and nectar.  They hibernate for the winter in the foothills under pine mats or oak leaves to avoid the freezing air that would kill them.  This species is called the Convergent Lady Bug.   There are many other species, some are not even red.   The red color serves to keep preditors away since it warns them of the foul tasting chemical which comes from their leg joints.
  Whenever the warm and sunny days arrive, masses of these little gems climb out on branches to get warm.   See photo # 66 C to see how it looked after a snow storm (the next day).

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