A ladybug preparing for takeoff.........

[riversedge]

Mother Nature is so wonderful.

A #ladybug preparing for takeoff
They can eat up to 5,000 aphids in their lifetime, making them natural pest controllers!
In some cultures they’re associated with luck

— Emily Carter (@emilycurates.bsky.social) 2025-04-08T20:10:42.701Z

[question everything]

1. Amazing photo

[Biophilic]

2. Wow, that was wonderful. So cool.

[applegrove]

3. Love it.

[cachukis]

4. Very cool.

[3catwoman3]

5. Mother Nature is endlessly fascinating.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. I saw her do her pre-flight check list.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. switch on. mags . carb to rich. engine heat on. wing heaters , on. check flaps and rudder . and a waaaay we go.

vaaa vaaa va voooom. cool.like . kick.

[ailsagirl]

9. LOL

[AllaN01Bear]

14. back at ya.

[StarryNite]

8. Wow! That's beautiful.

[Old Crow]

10. I love the sequence of events

Like a pilot going through a checklist.

1. Climb into pre-flight, launch position. CHECK!
2. Open elytra. CHECK!
3. Extend right wing. CHECK!
4. Extend left wing. CHECK!
5. Commence wingbeats. CHECK!
6. Take-off. CHECK!

[lucca18]

11. Love this!

[NJCher]

12. that truly is

one of most incredible things I've ever seen.

The only thing that rivals it is what happened to me last year in March. I am a gardener and in fact bought my house/property because it had beautiful potential for gardening.

I was in a town just south of mine and was sitting at a traffic light in a downtown area. The daffodils had just come out and of course I was thinking about gardening.

My car window was partially open, about 2 inches. A ladybug flew in! She landed on my dash and walked around. I opened the window farther and about five more flew in! Then I looked out my front window and at the top of my car windshield were around 30 ladybugs crawling around. I took a picture which I still have, but it's hard to tell they are ladybugs because of the angle at which I took it.

Decades ago when I bought this house and we walked through it after the closing, trying to decide what to do first, I was amazed to see hundreds of ladybugs crawling all over a window at the east end of the house. I said this was Mother Nature's way of welcoming me to my new gardens.

[BidenRocks]

13. I thought of a Transformer. nt

[Fla Dem]

15. Up, Up and Away. Great video.