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Lady beetles, flowers, and the yard year in Orange, Seminole, and Osceola. Lessons point at live UF/IFAS papers; the year plate follows the Central Florida vegetable windows, not a seed packet drawn for a northern spring.
- 1Lady beetlesFlorida’s Coccinellidae: the four stages, the natives UF/IFAS names, and the beetle that clusters in houses.
- 2The yardHeat, rain, Florida-Friendly practice, and the crops that still hold in Orange, Seminole, and Osceola.
- 3Photo journalDate, plant, beetle, weather. A missing photograph stays an empty well until a real file exists.
Open a plate
The four stages, Florida names, a yard that keeps hunters, and color that feeds them.
LearnEgg, larva, pupa, adult
The four stages of complete metamorphosis, and why the hungry larva looks like a tiny alligator.
FloridaWho lives here
Spotless Cycloneda, pink-spotted Coleomegilla, and convergent Hippodamia as Featured Creatures names them.
YardKeep the hunters
Leave pollen, water, and a light aphid colony; skip broadcast spray on bloom.
GardenColor that feeds
Zinnias, pentas, tomatoes, and the other crate-label crops that actually hold in this heat.
KidsPrint a sheet
Order the stages, match the Florida beetles, and hunt the yard with a scavenger sheet.
