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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Arctic fox in Norway
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Fibonacci Day
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Aýna, Albacete, Spain
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Vietnam’s new bridge deserves a big hand
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Explorer of the sea
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Monarch butterflies, Pismo Beach, California
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Not your average sandcastle
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Giving Tuesday
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Merry Christmas!
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Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona
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Plate ice along Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota
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Ronda, Spain
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White Desert National Park, Egypt
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Vote!
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Mitsumata blossoms
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A house of grand scale(s)
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An icy extravaganza
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Lake Magadi, Kenya
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On a Healing Field for Veterans Day
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International Dark Sky Week
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A history of Vinland
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Spring comes to Glacier National Park
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Is that a face in the sand?
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A young bull moose in Denali National Park, Alaska
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Plum blossoms in China
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Yosemite National Park anniversary
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Belgium celebrates its independence
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St. Michaels Mount in Marazion, Cornwall, England
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Celebrating Charles Darwin
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Village of Saranac Lake, New York
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