Over the last week we've had our first sighting of ladybirds around the garden. This is brilliant news - these gorgeous little beetles eat aphids. Aphids attack the green beans and stunt their growth, so I am happy as murder at the hands of ladybirds will shortly commence. We had planted marigolds to encourage ladybirds - so hopefully this is what has brought them along to our patch. Either that, or it is ladybird season. Either way, who cares.
The ladybirds love it so much, particular on the runner beans, that they have taken to making sweet love (and baby ladybirds we hope) on the stems. If you look carefully in the darker picture, you can just make out the outline of the happy couple. How voyeuristic, but lovely to see nature in action. Mr's new camera lens captures them very well (if I may say so myself as it was his birthday gift from me). 
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