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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Stompin’ with the Big Chief
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
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Waitangi Day in New Zealand
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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
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Feeling chic on Fashion Week
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Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland
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World-class art comes to Arkansas
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Float on
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To Roswell, and beyond!
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Indigo bunting
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FOR FOREST by Klaus Littmann
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Old Town in Prague, Czech Republic
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A lofty lighthouse and a little ocean spray
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Spring blooms in the Netherlands
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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World Honey Bee Day
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Halemaumau Crater, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
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Independence Day
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Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
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National Bison Day
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Celebrate International Women’s Day
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Flag Day
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It’s NASA’s 60th birthday
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Snowy egret preening, central Florida
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Plate ice along Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota
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Wildcat in a winter wonderland
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Daylight Saving Time
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Autumn in Alaska
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Endangered Species Day
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