A cluster of eggs of the "seven-spotted" ladybird Coccinella septempunctata,seen on the underside of a camomile Anthemus leaf. Ladybird eggs hatch after about one week. Some twenty eggs have been laid,a relatively small number to be laid by an insect. There is a relationship between number of eggs and the location in which they are laid; with fewer eggs produced by an insect species if they are laid in a protected place,as here,and laid directly in the feeding place of the future larvae. Both larval and adult stages of the lady- bird beetle feed on aphids; they are encouraged by gardeners as a controller of aphid pests | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Nuridsany, Claude / Perennou, Maria |
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