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Transverse Ladybird (Coccinella transversalis), Austins Ferry, Tasmania: photo by JJ Harrison, 27 August 2009
The ladybug I clumsily tried to rescue
But crushed under the window sill today
Isn't going to get over it
Did I suppose
Upon this well meant intervention
It would gratefully fly off homeward
Upon this well meant intervention
It would gratefully fly off homeward
Strange reward
Beautiful things ought to be left alone
In a natural state
A 22-spot yellow-punctuated ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctuata), Dresden, Lower Saxony: photo by Olaf Leillinger, 25 September 2005
Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctuata), Oxfordshire: photo by Charlesjsharp, 18 October 2013