Ladybirds.

[ferlew]

I haven't seen a single one this year. Have any of you seen any?

[Zacs-Master]

Yes, but not many.

[delboy3]

I've seen a few here in south Manchester, they're not extinct yet

[McMouse]

We've got quite a few in the garden busily munching their way through aphids on the runner beans.

[naomi24]

No, not one - but we have loads of butterflies. I have two or three coming into the house every day - and that's never happened before. I keep a glass and a piece of paper ready all the time.

[divegirl]

I've only seen two, hopefully they're just having a year off.

Lisa x

[boxtops]

As said on your other thread, a few a while ago, but not many greenfly for them to feed off, either

[tiggerblue10]

I've seen a few in my garden and very nearly stepped on one the other day.

[cazzz1975]

quite a few, I have seen loads of butterflies

[maggiebee]

Seen nary a one in Dundee, but saw a few when on holiday in Lossiemouth.

[Baldric]

N/Kent Coast,
haven't seen one so far this year

[Baby_Sham]

Hardly any, but LOADS of butterflies. The white ones, can't remember what they're called. Cabbage?

[FredPuli43]

None. And the butterfly is known as the "Cabbage white". There are in fact two, a lesser one and a standard size one, but they both like brassicas as a food plant for the caterpillars.

[yogasun]

No ladybirds. Loads of butterflies this year, Gatekeeepers, Meadow Browns, Peacocks, Red Admirals, Tortoiseshells, Cabbage Whites - great!

[pusskin]

I havent seen any either ferlew, just a few butterflys.

[FredPuli43]

We have an unusual number of wasps, including one group that's settled and is probably nesting, in a tree here, which hasn't happened before. And an unusual bumblebee, which has nested in the eaves. One horse chestnut has been attacked by a moth for the second year; it must survive the winter somehow; so the leaves have brown edges. Fewer house martins this year, but a surprising number of swifts. And the house is suddenly full of pholcoides (daddy long legs) spiders. I think a female must have laid eggs here. Did see a female wolf spider with her egg sac, carrying it as they do, in one room, so maybe we are hosts to an arachnid baby unit.

That's nature; an eternal story of gains and losses.

[Chipchopper]

I've seen a few, larvae and adults but not in great numbers.

Butterfly's, lots but not many different species - Cabbage whites, comma's, and peacocks mostly plus one rare siting of a swallowtail.

[Spoonboy]

Only one so far, I'm afraid.

[DaisyNonna]

Two days ago, in the garden, one red ladybird and one yellow. First this year.

[slinkycat]

Now you've mentioned it I've just realised that, no, haven't seen any at all here in the West Mids