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    Default Harlequin ladybird & pupae

    You can see the fuzzy bits of the larva at the top of the pupa.
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    Oh yes, don't think I've really noticed them at that stage.
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    Great find, Louise - but aren't they ugly?
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    Yes, Catherine, you are right.. and very alien-looking. But they are so cute when they grow up, especially when the are cleaning the aphids off my plants
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