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Sunday, July 04, 2010
Fly away ladybird!
Our ladybird life cycle viewing is over :) The ladybird hatched from it's pupa in the early hours of this morning and we woke up to find it crawling about - it was a harlequin ladybird! We're getting more and more in this country even though it's not a native species.
So, we took a picture of our "baby" (sitting on a leave on our dining table!) and then set it free on the same plant we originally found the lavae. Bye, bye little ladybird :)
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Love what you are doing here - it really looks like early education should do; so full of fun!
My name is Adam and I am a freelance features writer for the nationals here in the UK, working for a company called M & Y.
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I'm visiting from Australia. :)
How exciting to see a new ladybug. We really enjoy nature studies here, too, but haven't hatched any ladybugs! Actually, the last thing we did were praying mantis, but we missed the actual 'hatching' day as we were away.
Nice to see so many wonderful learning activities shared here. I miss having younger ones, but still try and do as much 'hands on' as possible to facilitate learning.
Nice to 'meet' you. ☺
Catherine (aka alecat)