mini beasties

We visited West Dean Gardens, West Sussex, yesterday, a fairy-tale like place for gardeners and photographers.

This dahlia had quite a few visitors. It may not be immediately obvious that the stems (bottom right) are not black but covered in black beasties.

[Lin]

Both a beautiful AND icky photo! Nicely spotted and captured!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Good ones or bad ones? Great macro but all those little bugs make me itchy!

[Candia]

Gorgeous. Fav.

[Hazel]

@candia

Thank you. I'm scratching!!!

[Kim]

Beautiful! I think Lin said it best...beautiful and icky!

[Julie Duncan]

Fascinating! I think those are ladybug larvae? Not sure.

[Hazel]

@linnypinny @olivetreeann

Yes lovely AND icky and I feel itchy too - I expect they are bad beasties!!

[Hazel]

@juliedduncan

Oh no, now I've got to google ladybug (bird) larvae!!! Watch this space.

[Hazel]

@juliedduncan

Oh well done - they are! Something else I've learnt from 365. NOW how can I work that into everyday conversation!!! Thanks!

[gloria jones]

Great close up, details, colors

[Pat Knowles]

The earwigs sure love the dahlias....wonder what attracts them so. Always a colourful display.

[Bep]

Lovely close up. Learnt something new today; ladybird larvae. Isn't 365 wonderful? Okay, your beasties are beestjes in Dutch.

[Joyce]

Beautiful colour and detail. Love the little bug

[Molly]

Goodness me - I thought my flowers were bad enough, but these really are covered. Hope mine are ladybird larvae!

[Hazel]

@gijsje

I think that beestjes is not too difficult to remember, thank you! But the pronunciation is my downfall in Dutch.

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful Dahlia flower , beautiful captured. We`re not the only one that like them . He has visitors

[linda]

Beautiful, the flower not the beasties

[Julie Duncan]

@quietpurplehaze You're welcome! Might be challenging to work it into a conversation though. Ha ha! ;)

[Nitrogene]

Beautiful flower!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Aah !! the beauty an the beasts !!--well captured Hazel !

[Karin Hirsch]

@beryl Second this. I gather that the stm is covered with a vine louse collony. But lucky your photo shows the daliha has some little helpers. The bigger "beats" in the centre are ladybird crubs and as so know they enjoy eating vine lice

[Richard Hickey]

Stunning macro.

[Paula W]

What a lovely colour. I noticed rather too many little beasties on my flowers when deadheading today, definitely seem to be more than usual!

[Denise Wood]

Terrific capture :)

[Sam]

That's a lot of bad bugs. I hope the flower survives!

[Babs]

Lovely shot, beauty and the beast.

[wendy frost]

Well captured beasties and flower. I have learned something new today.

[Janiskay]

Extrodidanry! Fav!

[Rosan]

Eeewww for the beasties but fabulous shot.

[Gena Pegg]

Holy smokes! Have never seen these guys before...so many of them! Are they very destructive? Beautiful flower!

[Hazel]

@onewing

Wish I'd thought of that - might re-name this one!

[Susie]

Nature at its best! lovely shot

[Raymond Milsted]

nice controlled shot