Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Cream-spotted Lady Beetle - Calvia quatuordecimguttata -

This lady beetle is often called the Polkadot Lady Beetle and I can see why. I found this one last week in our yard resting on the trunk of a maple. At only 5mm it's pretty tiny but sure stands out.













5 comments:

Ariel Gordon said...

There's such a purity to these photos, H...

Harvey Schmidt said...

Thanks A!

Nature said...

Lovely...

ONE WORLD NOW said...

Thank you for these
How do you know
She is a Lady
Or do naturalists
Simply Assume
Based on evolution
And good breeding

Harvey Schmidt said...

Thanks! I like that.