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Sarah Arnold<p>Anyone else noticing an absolute boom in Adonis ladybird (Hippodamia variegata) numbers this summer compared to previous years? I normally see perhaps 2 per year but almost 100% of sites I have visited this year have had at least 1-2, so running total is closer to 30!</p><p>(This is southeast UK.)</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladybird</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LadyBeetle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LadyBeetle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Coccinellidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coccinellidae</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Kentomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentomology</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/KentNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KentNature</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Ladybird </p><p>by artsinmyheart </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladybird</span></a></p>
DJWNice day to sit around in the sun.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/silentSunday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#silentSunday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bugs?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bugs</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ladybird?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ladybird</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/macro?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macro</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a>
LionelB<p>A nice afternoon but invertebrates were hiding away. Only a few recorded. The stand out was this 22 spot ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata). </p><p>They are about a fifth the size of the usual 7 spot.</p><p>There are Harlequins around but I see the native species thriving alongside the supposed monster invader. I don't buy into the Armageddon hype around Harmonia axyridis. </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladybird</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a></p>
A Fool And His Fuji<p>Fly Away Home</p><p>Ladybird on flower bud</p><p>Lens: Tamron 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD on a Fujifilm X-T30</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photographer</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/buds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buds</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/leaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leaves</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/sunshine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunshine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/cumbria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cumbria</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>summer</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladybird</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/insectphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insectphotography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/insectworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insectworld</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Coccinellidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coccinellidae</span></a></p>
The Smartphone PhotographerTiny Spot of Joy. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LadybirdLove?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LadybirdLove</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ladybird?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ladybird</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ladybug?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ladybug</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/InsectPhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InsectPhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NatureVibes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NatureVibes</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/MacroPhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacroPhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/GardenLife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GardenLife</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Buglife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buglife</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/WildlifePhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WildlifePhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TinyCreatures?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TinyCreatures</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Greenery?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greenery</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SummerDays?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SummerDays</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/smartphonephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smartphonephotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a>
earthling<p>A ladybird on a white flower</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cevennes30/52084366521/sizes/l/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/cevennes30/5</span><span class="invisible">2084366521/sizes/l/</span></a></p><p>via versaversa </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladybird</span></a></p>
Stingray's Badger Friend<p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ladybird</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a></p>
Jon Roach<p>Recently I learned that all across Europe, because the colour red is associated with that Mary out of the Bible, the red beetle with the black spots is called "ladybird" or "Mary's beetle" or similar, in many different languages.</p><p>Which led me to wondering, what did all these people call the ladybird before the arrival of Christianity? Was there another naming convention? (And please don't say "Coccinellidae")</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladybird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Coccinellidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coccinellidae</span></a></p>
David Mcmillan<p>14 Spot Ladybird <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ladybird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ladybug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladybug</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/perthshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>perthshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a></p>
Incredibish<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladybird</span></a> </p><p>The struggle is real!</p>
eclectech<p>They know they're only meant to do the dots, but sometimes that can get a bit dull.</p><p><a href="https://things.uk/tags/sillyScribbles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sillyScribbles</span></a> <a href="https://things.uk/tags/ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladybird</span></a> <a href="https://things.uk/tags/nonsense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonsense</span></a></p>
eclectech<p>Lot of ladybird love appeared in my timeline overnight, so here's a couple more, racing down their respective blades of grass.</p><p><a href="https://things.uk/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://things.uk/tags/ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladybird</span></a> <a href="https://things.uk/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
eclectech<p>I am going to limit my ladybird posts here (mainly because I think I might have an inkling of an idea for scribbling on a couple of the others) but I like this one because I think the wood can be misread as a rocky mountain, and if that were the case they ladybirds would be HUGE.</p><p><a href="https://things.uk/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://things.uk/tags/ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladybird</span></a> <a href="https://things.uk/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
eclectech<p>Me: Must not post all the photos of ladybirds. Must not post all the photos of ladybirds. Must not post all the photos of ladybirds. Must not post all the photos of ladybirds.</p><p>Also me: Maybe just this one.</p><p>(I like this one, it's like the other bug has had a paint job to fit in)</p><p><a href="https://things.uk/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://things.uk/tags/ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladybird</span></a> <a href="https://things.uk/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a></p>
eclectech<p>Things I unequivocally took too many photos of over the last couple of weeks (part one)</p><p>Ladybirds.</p><p>So, so, soooooo many ladybirds.</p><p><a href="https://things.uk/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://things.uk/tags/ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladybird</span></a> <a href="https://things.uk/tags/ladybug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ladybug</span></a></p>
BenA solitary ladybird beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) on a young nettle plant. <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/insectphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insectphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/ladybird?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ladybird</a>
Strypey<p>Me:<br>&gt; Also why they decided to start from scratch, instead of forking at least some components of a working libre browser</p><p>Again, further reading has allowed me to answer my own question. SerenityOS was an itch-scratching project where the goal was to try out entirely new approaches. One of the reasons for spinning Ladybird into its own entity is to move away from that, and start making use of existing code where it makes sense.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SerenityOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SerenityOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ladybird</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@nicktaylor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nicktaylor</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@alcinnz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alcinnz</span></a></span></p>
Strypey<p>"I love SerenityOS, and I love the community that has formed around it. I don’t want to hold it back anymore by being a distracted BDFL. This is why I’ve also decided to step down. Effective immediately, SerenityOS is now in the hands of its maintainer group. They’re a lovely bunch of people, and I trust they’ll take good care of it."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AndreasKling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndreasKling</span></a>, 2024</p><p><a href="https://ladybird.org/posts/fork/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ladybird.org/posts/fork/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>This is what servant leadership looks like.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/LadyBird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LadyBird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SerenityOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SerenityOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ServantLeadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ServantLeadership</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>PS My apologies <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@nicktaylor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nicktaylor</span></a></span>, now that I've read more into Ladybird I see they're doing both. Creating a new browser *and* a new not-for-profit for it. I'll be intrigued to see how they plan to structure the org to avoid Mozilla's fate.</p><p>Also why they decided to start from scratch, instead of forking at least some components of a working libre browser. Even if only to swap them out over time, as Chromium did.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/WebBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebBrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/LadyBird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LadyBird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@alcinnz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alcinnz</span></a></span></p>
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