The answer to the question
Apr. 14th, 2009 05:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pecuniumThe were ladybug pupae.
We happen to have silkworms, which meant I was lucky enough to collect some ladybug eggs when gathering up mulberry leaves.
They are small. Really small. Maybe 3/32" tall, and a third of that wide.
Ladies in Waiting
Last night they changed. Instead of being orange, they were greyish, with some detailing through the shell.
Half-formed
This morning they hatched, and spent time eating the egg's shells, and (it seems) each other. There were four eggs, and four nymphs. When I took them outside there were, at most, two.
On Dainty Feet
They will grow up to look like this, before they engage in a partial metamorphosis to become adults.
With Broad Shoulders
As I headed up here, to post these, I saw an adult, hanging out on an aphid infested rose.
The Lady Dines Alone
We happen to have silkworms, which meant I was lucky enough to collect some ladybug eggs when gathering up mulberry leaves.
They are small. Really small. Maybe 3/32" tall, and a third of that wide.
Ladies in Waiting
Last night they changed. Instead of being orange, they were greyish, with some detailing through the shell.
Half-formed
This morning they hatched, and spent time eating the egg's shells, and (it seems) each other. There were four eggs, and four nymphs. When I took them outside there were, at most, two.
On Dainty Feet
They will grow up to look like this, before they engage in a partial metamorphosis to become adults.
With Broad Shoulders
As I headed up here, to post these, I saw an adult, hanging out on an aphid infested rose.
The Lady Dines Alone
