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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The puffin-rabbit connection
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Art over Amalfi
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It’s Giving Tuesday
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In praise of the pipes
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Napping away New Year s Day
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Arches National Park, Utah
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Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
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Juneteenth
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Preservation Hall in New Orleans, Louisiana
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Summer winds down in the Hamptons
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Detroit Industry Murals by Diego Rivera
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A bird of beauty
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Mysterious prairie mounds abound
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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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Noctilucent clouds
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Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta
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Drop in on International Surfing Day
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Happy Syttende Mai!
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It s harvest time on World Food Day
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Wanderin Wawayanda
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest
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The (Inca) empire strikes back
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Spring equinox
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Groovy!
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Mount Segla, Senja Island, Norway
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30 years after Exxon Valdez
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World Whale Day
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Zion National Park Turns 100
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Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona