{"id":3192,"date":"2009-10-20T20:34:47","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T01:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=3192"},"modified":"2010-01-16T11:30:32","modified_gmt":"2010-01-16T16:30:32","slug":"nine-spotted-ladybug-hitches-ride-to-outer-cape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=3192","title":{"rendered":"Nine-Spotted Ladybug Hitches Ride to Outer Cape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-000.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"494\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3193\" title=\"ladybug 000\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-000.jpg\" alt=\"ladybug 000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-000.jpg 494w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-000-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Nine-Spotted Ladybug (Coccinella novemnotata)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">As we drove our Element along the Mid Cape Highway between Dennis and Brewster, a nine-spotted ladybug hitched a ride on the driver&#8217;s side window and slipped inside the car to make itself comfortable for the next 15 miles.\u00c2\u00a0 When we arrived at the Fox Island Wildlife Management Area in South Wellfleet on Outer Cape Cod, this little insect took a few moments to get acquainted, thanked us for the transportation and then scurried up the window to fly off into its new homeland.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XeuT9GwsetI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XeuT9GwsetI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XeuT9GwsetI&amp;fmt=18\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to View Video in High Quality<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Nine-Spotted Ladybug Spreads Wings in\u00c2\u00a0South Wellfleet<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">The lady bug is the state insect for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but it is usually noted &#8230; although not officially approved &#8230; as the two-spotted ladybug.\u00c2\u00a0 The nine-spotted lady bug is the state insect for our western neighbor, New York.<\/p>\n<p>You may enjoy the\u00c2\u00a0following sequence of freeze frame shots that provide a nice\u00c2\u00a0documentation of the ladybug as it spreads its wings and flies off into the eastern horizon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"494\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3207\" title=\"ladybug 001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-001.jpg\" alt=\"ladybug 001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-001.jpg 494w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-001-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"494\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone size-full 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-008.jpg 494w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-008-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-009.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"494\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3199\" title=\"ladybug 009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-009.jpg\" alt=\"ladybug 009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-009.jpg 494w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-009-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"494\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3198\" title=\"ladybug 010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-010.jpg\" alt=\"ladybug 010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-010.jpg 494w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-010-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"494\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3197\" title=\"ladybug 011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-011.jpg\" alt=\"ladybug 011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-011.jpg 494w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ladybug-011-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" 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