Tuesday, October 16, 2007

What's molting on our porch?

spiny

molting

Updated: These are ladybird beetle larvae. I've found seven now.

This is five more pictures of them at 1:1 magnification - each frame is 15.7mm tall and 23.5mm wide. The one that actually looks like a ladybug is the same one that, above, looks rather like an eyeless cabbage patch kid. How quickly they change over a single day's time.

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