The good, the bad and the ugly

15 June 2009

The Good: a cluster of ladybird larvae, getting ready to chew on the following …

The Bad: greenfly

The Ugly: blackfly

Fortunately that last photo doesn’t show any ants doing all the pervy stroking they are wont to do in order to milk these buggers. Gruesome. All this helpful and unhelpful wildlife is currently to be found on the hibiscus in the garden. Friend and foe having set up camp within inches of each other on the juicy new growth of the shrub. Of course my trigger finger might yet have something to say about the enemy settlements, accompanying as it does the rest of my body when I go to peer at the plants in the evening. Not too closely though, because you might find …