Bug battle

I know this is my mom blog and not my gardening blog, but I saw something today in my garden that just has to be shared. It was the most fascinating display of two unusual bugs in the garden that I have ever seen. Luckily, I was able to capture most of it with my camera. It was an interaction between a honeybee and a ladybug. The honeybee was beautiful, but a little on the bossy side with the ladybug who happened to be mulling about close by. The ladybug quickly showed her ornery side and made her displeasure quite clear and the honeybee was driven away.

Let's see if I can embed the pictures. ...

Here you see the honeybee approaching the ladybug.


Quickly the ladybug begins to show her distress at the honeybee


Finally she makes it quite clear she wants nothing to do with the honeybee by making lots of noise


And the honeybee is driven off


Such mischievous insects frolicking in my garden!