Our photo shows a single ladybug taking a winter’s nap near Tewin, England. That’s right, many species of ladybug hibernate over the winter. In Redwood Regional Park near San Francisco, this time of year is ‘ladybug season’—when hikers in the cool, damp woods may spot a large group of ladybugs—called a ‘loveliness’—huddled for warmth and safety, snoozing until spring. They’ll wake up, and get back to eating more crop-killing aphids—seems reason enough to let that loveliness of ladybugs into your yard.
How do ladybugs winter?
Today in History
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A winter light show
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A medieval Moorish gem
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World Lion Day
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Happy St. Patricks Day!
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This grizzly has Napping Day down
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Big Bend National Park in Texas turns 81
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With leaves this tasty, who cares about a view?
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A house of grand scale(s)
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Lionfish off the coast of Indonesia
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Rock River Falls, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Mossy Grotto Falls, Oregon
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Winter at Valley Forge
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Tortula moss, Netherlands
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Let’s talk fossils
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Winter in England s Cotswolds
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A march toward a dream
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In the footsteps of Leopold Bloom
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World Migratory Bird Day
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Composite image of a lunar eclipse
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The island fox’s incredible comeback
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The birth of Bauhaus
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Happy Panda Day!
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Irohazaka road
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Traditional red fishermens cabins, Reine, Norway
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Skyscraper Day
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Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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The tale of squirrels like Nutkin
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Kirkilai lakes, Biržai Regional Park, Lithuania
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A whale of a picture
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