Predator and Prey

Predator and Prey, originally uploaded by Gavatron.

I noticed a grove of Milkweed plants in the neighbourhood that have been inundated with aphids—Oleander Aphids, as I found out later. Its amazing to see the diversity of insects attracted to the aphids and their honeydew.

Not surprisingly, are the insects that eat aphids, including this lady beetle. While photographing this afternoon, they didn’t seem to predatory. Just a lot of sitting around. Perhaps its the larvae that are the voracious eaters of aphids.