Ladybird at Leiston Abbey

#StSecrets ladybird at Leiston Abbey #Suffolk pic.twitter.com/o1r3e1BArs
— David Gill (@davidwjgill) July 2, 2013

Ladybirds are few in number this year. Caroline Gill spotted one at Minsmere and I spotted one at Leiston Abbey while visting the Dig Venturers excavation.

Ladybird Bed

© David Gill

This ladybird seemed to have found a particularly comfortable place to rest as we had a walk through our local nature reserve on the edge of Ipswich. We counted over 30 seven-spotted ladybirds, mostly on nettles.