Immature Ladybugs

Ladybugs have held my attention lately. There’s been so many of them.

 This pupa stage of a ladybug was on the trunk of a maple tree,

and the shed of another one was the other trunk. There were several of different sizes on the bark of the three maple trees in our backyard.

I doubt if their nymphs are pestered by other insects!  Their spines look like they mean business.

This is a younger, smaller instar.

Ladybugs do overwinter as adults.