Story of Bugs... Lots and Lots of Bugs....

I've decided that since I've made the move to London [Kentucky], I have had close encounters with more bugs than ever before. And, it's not just the number of bugs, but the TYPES of bugs that disturb me... FOR EXAMPLE:

I'm sure some, or maybe even many of you may know what THIS IS:



Well, in case you are not familiar with this particular bug... it is a Ladybug. Yes. A Ladybug. It is in fact, a Ladybug larvae. We had many close encounters with this bug crawling around on our back deck, and warned Ava sternly not to touch them, as they were quite scary looking to us, and we'd never seen anything like them before. I just happened to be browsing around on Ebaum's World one day and saw a link titled "Strange life cycle of the Ladybug", and clicked on it out of curiosity. I was shocked to see this bug I'd been scared silly of for weeks was in fact a baby Ladybug... It goes from the appearance pictured above to THIS:



Which, by the way, we just today found NUMEROUS Ladybug Pupa as this stage of the Ladybug is called, attached to the deck. Soon after, they become the Ladybugs we're all familiar with:



Now, is that nuts, or what?