Questions must be asked about Ladybirds.
This one here landed on the window and began to climb up the woodwork. Why?
The creature has wings so why not fly to the top rather than slowly struggle upwards on your feet, especially when every so often you fall back again?
Does he know where he is going? What is he looking for? Does he think the white painted woodwork on the window will feed him perhaps?
Some beasties may be colour blind I suppose but if so why do plants/flowers have such a variety of colour?
On another subject why do fly's come in the window and hover around the lampshade? Is it because it is er, cooler in the shade? Why not stay outside in the wind? Why fly in straight lines changing every so often to different directions? Don't they get dizzy? Bluebottles fly in desperate to get out again, why not fly's?
I have been working too hard, you can tell....
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As an experiment I used the feeble 'Macro' on this camera in an effort to picture the ladybird on the park bench. She posed happily while I pussyfooted around and when at home I used the HP system to crop and enlarge the pic. This is the best I can do with the little camera and I am quite pleased with this. The beasts colour makes her very popular, especially with kids, and the children's storybooks called 'ladybird Books' have sold around the world. These are of course just beetles and if they were black most folk would turn away from them as unattractive. Gardeners love them as each of these beauties can devour 5000 aphids in their year long life. They are so good at this that they have been deliberately introduced into the USA to deal with the aphid problem there. Lovely beasts and very popular, except when strong winds bring billions over from France and swarm all over the south of England.
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