The prickly pear cactus are beginning to bloom profusely here in South Texas. These flowers begin as red-orange buds. They turn yellow as they open. The blossoms glow brightly in the sunlight.
While I was photographing one of the cactus flowers on my walk yesterday, I saw a ladybug on a needle right next to the flower. The ladybug proceeded to walk across the cactus pad. In the last two photos of the series where it appears the ladybug is suspended in space, it was actually climbing a very fine, barely visible spider web without getting caught on the web:
I am glad the ladybug did not get caught in the web - it looks precarious!
ReplyDeleteYes, it looks very precarious. But the ladybug seemed to know what it was doing, and very determined to get to the top of the cactus, too!
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