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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Did they forget to fly south?
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The otherworldly red river
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Salmon migration in full swing
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Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece
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Gateway to America
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Angkor, Cambodia
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A personal collection becomes an institution
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Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile
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A little blue
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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
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2024 Toronto International Film Festival
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Fresh water on the Silk Road
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Frog Month
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Here we mark the price of freedom
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Happy anniversary to the National Park Service!