I was taught that these are super good to have in your garden
I recall them being effective at dealing with aphids (the larvae, not the adult lady beetle). And if you happen to have plants that attract them you could end up attracting some more effective aphid predators like green lacewings.
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Pretty sure it's a lady, but I'm prepared to love her either way. She's huge for for a jumping spider, about the size of a nickel. Hangs out on our building, active during the day, if that is helpful.
I looked up Florida spiders on Spiders.us, but she doesn't seem to fit any of them. Thought she was a grey wall jumper, but no black stripe.
I was taught that these are super good to have in your garden
I recall them being effective at dealing with aphids (the larvae, not the adult lady beetle). And if you happen to have plants that attract them you could end up attracting some more effective aphid predators like green lacewings.
Ladybugs are kind of a mixed bag. They are superpredators that eat everything, including each other, during their larval and adult stages. Both of them (not just larvae!) eat a ton of aphids....but they also eat virtually anything else, including things like lacewings which can be more exclusive.
Also some ladybug species (Asian lady beetles) have essentially become pests themselves after being introduced to control other things. They bite and swarm in large numbers in both homes and on crops, and they have a defense mechanism to exude really smelly chemicals that actually will impact the flavor and desirability of things like wine and hops as they get mixed in during processing.
Anyway that other bug is a mayfly of some kind, and I have no clue on that spider.
Thanks guys! I was kinda wondering because it basically metal as hell, black and red with spikes and stuff.
The fact it becomes a Ladybug is pretty funny.
Ladybugs are actually metal as hell. The larvae hunt in packs, usually, and if they can't find food they turn on each other and resort to cannibalism.
Adult ladybugs can bit humans hard enough to break skin, and in a choice test prefered human blood over water, even though they couldn't digest it and all died of dehydration.
Thanks guys! I was kinda wondering because it basically metal as hell, black and red with spikes and stuff.
The fact it becomes a Ladybug is pretty funny.
Ladybugs are actually metal as hell. The larvae hunt in packs, usually, and if they can't find food they turn on each other and resort to cannibalism.
Adult ladybugs can bit humans hard enough to break skin, and in a choice test prefered human blood over water, even though they couldn't digest it and all died of dehydration.
One year when I was in college we had a huge number of ladybugs in the area for some reason. They were just all over.
I got bitten by one and my friends laughed at me.
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looks like a ladybug (larva form)!
Let's go with yes.
It attacked me at work last night! And I started seeing them more often in the last few months.
Some type of mayfly.
I was taught that these are super good to have in your garden
Too late I already am
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Pretty sure it's a lady, but I'm prepared to love her either way. She's huge for for a jumping spider, about the size of a nickel. Hangs out on our building, active during the day, if that is helpful.
I looked up Florida spiders on Spiders.us, but she doesn't seem to fit any of them. Thought she was a grey wall jumper, but no black stripe.
Ladybugs are kind of a mixed bag. They are superpredators that eat everything, including each other, during their larval and adult stages. Both of them (not just larvae!) eat a ton of aphids....but they also eat virtually anything else, including things like lacewings which can be more exclusive.
Also some ladybug species (Asian lady beetles) have essentially become pests themselves after being introduced to control other things. They bite and swarm in large numbers in both homes and on crops, and they have a defense mechanism to exude really smelly chemicals that actually will impact the flavor and desirability of things like wine and hops as they get mixed in during processing.
Anyway that other bug is a mayfly of some kind, and I have no clue on that spider.
The shape makes me think brown jumping spider, but the markings looks more like the tan (the swirls/circles on it).
The fact it becomes a Ladybug is pretty funny.
Ladybugs are actually metal as hell. The larvae hunt in packs, usually, and if they can't find food they turn on each other and resort to cannibalism.
Adult ladybugs can bit humans hard enough to break skin, and in a choice test prefered human blood over water, even though they couldn't digest it and all died of dehydration.
One year when I was in college we had a huge number of ladybugs in the area for some reason. They were just all over.
I got bitten by one and my friends laughed at me.
Well who's laughing now?
Them still probably.