Hannah and her friend Hermionie were really excited to spot a ladybird laying eggs on the tree on the green opposite our house.
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| Hermionie's dad took this great picture for Hannah |
Hannah looked it up in her British Wildlife Detectives Handbook and online and learned that the ladybird eggs would hatch into larva within a week. They will stay a larva for 10 -15 days before going into a pupal stage and then becoming an adult. The entire life cycle of the ladybird only lasts between 4 and 7 weeks!
Hannah has checked on the eggs every day and has discovered lots and lots of clumps of eggs all over the tree!
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| Every day Hannah checks on the eggs and comes running back across the green to tell me what she has seen! |
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| Of course the discovery had to go into her nature journal as well! |
3 comments:
Wow! That is one awesome photo! I love that this inspired your girl to research!
What a great photo of the ladybird and her eggs (we call them ladybugs here:) I love that Hannah was inspired to learn more, check on the eggs daily, and journal about it! That's interest led learning in a nutshell!!
How cool is that! Summer is the perfect time for nature watching!
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