Years ago I discovered
ladybugs when I had an organic garden in the San Francisco bay area. I learned ladybugs are beneficial and eat aphids. Back then in the Spring I actually purchased ladybugs to release in my garden. A ladybug can eat up to 5,000 aphids in it's lifetime.
A few years later I moved to the Sierra Nevada mountains. One year in the late fall I discovered millions of ladybugs congregating at the base of an old stump clumped together. I learned they were gathering together to hibernate for the winter.
Recently here in the Georgia mountains I've found a few ladybugs in the house up in the corners of an upper bedroom. The ladybugs won't do any harm and will leave in the Spring.
This afternoon I was sitting on the front deck and saw several ladybugs walking around. I thought they might be thirsty from basking in the South facing sun. I gathered a bit of water on the table beside my chair and placed it in front of one of the ladybugs. The ladybug went up and took a drink. What a wonderful ladybug day.
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