It was such a treat to have spotted this lovely creature yesterday. Unlike the usual ladybugs that frequent our backyard, this one is like 10mm big. It’s so beautiful that it seems not real – like something that you would want as an accessory… so beautiful it is aptly called a lady. Although not all of them are ladies, of course.
Scientifically known as Coccinellidae, there is a story why it’s called a lady…
In Europe, during the Middle Ages, insects were destroying the crops, so the Catholic farmers prayed to the Virgin Mary for help. Soon the Ladybugs came, ate the plant-destroying pests and saved the crops! The farmers began calling the ladybugs “The Beetles of Our Lady”, and they eventually became known as “Lady Beetles”! The red wings represented the Virgin’s cloak and the black spots represented her joys and sorrows. They didn’t differentiate between males and females.
For more info and fun facts about ladybugs visit http://www.ladybuglady.com.
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Thank you for sharing these beautiful pictures and the story of why these creatures are called lady bugs. I continue to appreciate the fact that you always photograph insects from the vantage point that they have little faces and aren’t just objects. It’s like you believe that they have consciousness, self-hood and, perhaps even souls. Lovely.
and i do appreciate that comment… so very much. it gives me great joy that you have seen the profoundness in the photos i took, especially the insects – that there’s more to them than just capturing their images. i am overwhelmed, thank you… thank you very much!
Very nice macro!!! Cheers Nonoy Manga
thank you so much!
It makes me smile everytime I see the beautiful photo of the bugs you post. Thank you so much for bringing beautiful nature and story to us!
thank you, that’s so wonderful of you… at it makes me so happy to know people like you who appreciate nature the way i do. thank you!
Wonderful images!
thank you very much! i’m glad you liked them.
Thank you for visiting catnipoflife and linking to her post Spirit of the Ladybug. Had you not visited I would not have learned about you:>) Great article and love the pictures! I just Tweeted your page and posted to facebook. Interested in Following each other?
thank you, that’s really nice of you. i’m just clicked your “follow” button!
wow! great pictures you have there
thank you!
Interesting fact and beautiful photos
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thank you very much!
What a quirky little story about the name’s background! I love tidbits like that. (:
thank you! i’m glad you enjoyed it.
Such beautiful shots from so many different angles. You are either unusually fast with focusing and shooting or had a very cooperative ladybug. I’m just starting out with macro shooting and have not had much success in getting great shots of ladybugs. Thanks for sharing the beauty (and also the story of the origin of the name).
hi, thank you very much. i so happy you liked it, it’s my pleasure to share. enjoy your macro… there are millions of subjects for it. i’ve got a lot of macro shots here, you may want to check them out.
thanks again!
Remarkable photos! . . . And quite an intriguing story on how the name ladybug came to be!
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thank you! and yes… very interesting, isn’t it?
very nice pictures…………
thank you…
Amazing photos. Thank you so much for creating this page; I plan to visit often. I wanted to stop by and say Thank YOU for stopping by my blog. I am new to the whole scene, but extremely excited!
thank you very much… i truly appreciate that. and good luck with your own blog!
Be sure to check out: http://www.lostladybug.org/index.php
Our little friends need all the help we can give, thanks!!!
thanks for sharing that… will definitely participate!
hi, i tried to upload and participate – but i think it’s only open to three countries, USA, Mexico and Canada.
Great post! Keep up the good work!
thanks a lot!
Thank you for sharing ,i like nice post
thank you for appreciating, glad you liked it!
Such beautiful Photos of these cute little Insects. I love nature and animal photos. I am beginner in Photography and just own a digital cam but I start to be nozy about macro photography. Did you have to use a macro lens to make such big photos of a little insect? Lately I browse all this macro photos and I love them. I guess I need a macro lens camera some day too
thank you… and yes, you need a macro lens for macrophotography. i’m using 105mm / 2.8 macro lens. although there are many who uses a prime lens, particularly the 50mm – they just mount it to the camera in reverse using a separate ring or a teleconverter, i think.
Thank you. That all sounds so awesome. I bet this will soon be another expansive hobby for me. why to hell I love all the creative and expansive hobbys
But shooting photos with such a lens make the photos apearr like the view from ant eye´s. it´s awesome.
Beautifully captured! I can see these as gift card covers or wall paintings even!
thank you very much, that’s really nice of you to think so!
Lovely photos and post!
Cheers,
EC
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thank you!
I love ladybugs, and these are great pictures. Thank you for sharing!
thank you and i am more than pleased to share!
How the heck did you get such great pictures? They are amazing in sharpness and color.
i’m using 105mm macro lens… thank you very much!
I did not know that story! We have a slightly different species here in the States where its (her) head is black!
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
what i have seen in our backyard are 3-5 kinds of ladybugs, i think some of them got black heads. thanks a lot!
Lovin’ these ladybugs photos. Found some the other day in the garden and they are really super tiny.
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thanks, i’m glad you loved it.
Thanks for sharing the story behind the lady bug’s naming
really love the pictures, it’s very rare to find this tiny bug in the backyard, especially in Jakarta…
the pleasure’s mine, it’s wonderful knowing you enjoyed it… thank you!
Loved the shots. Really Beautiful! Thanks for sharing the story.
thank you, thank you very much!
It looks so unreal. And when you look more closely, you feel as if the spots are growing. I didn’t know the story behind ladybugs. Thank you very much! Wonderful photography! Congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
thank you, ann… yes, it really looks so unreal. thanks again!
nice pictures
thanks!
Great shots! This one’s definitely different looking from the one’s I find in my garden
oops I meant *ones haha
thank you very much!
thank you, that’s so wonderful of you… at it makes me so happy to know people like you who appreciate nature the way i do. thank you!great post thanks
i am more than pleased… thanks for dropping by!
Beautiful shots!
thanks a lot!
Oh I do so love ladybugs! Thanks for the magical pix. On a holiday in The Netherlands years ago, it was the right time of year, and found myself covered in tiny little orange ones with minuscule black spots… irrationally pleased…
thanks a lot! that’s really lovely, thanks for sharing it too.
Thank you for the pictures and the story!
thank you! i am more than pleased.
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