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Originally Posted by goosey
I saw this ladybird this afternoon on the Equisetum in the mini pond. For about half an hour I watched as it tried to unfurl its wings, the one on the left came out at least 15 minutes before the one on the right finally made it, I did think it was stuck at first. It finally made it, and then was marching up and down the plant stretching its wings. When I went to check if it was still drying(?) them, it had gone. Was this a newly emerged ladybird? But there again the colours are bright. It seems a strange place though, on a pond plant. I have never seen this before so I was really pleased.
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No, this is still an unusual time of year for ladybirds to emerge from pupae
and, of course, one would not expect them to come out fully coloured! Two other points - if the ladybird hadn't stetched its wings within half an hour of emerging it never would..... and the actual colour of the elytral background is quite deep - much more so than the summer colour of a young seven-spot.
