To my eyes, this is a lady bug, but I've heard so many stories about "false" ladybugs bandied about lately, that I'm no longer certain. I like how she decided to land on such wonderfully light green leaves to give you the perfect backdrop for her red and black shell. I know these are hard to capture, and you did a superb job in the little amount of time you had :)PJ
They look so big in close up and they don't look real. He looks more like a little toy than a real bug. Maybe they are just so perfectly made. Great capture, Frank. He really stands out on those green leaves.
Never rebuke while you’re still indignant about a fault committed—wait until the next day, or even longer. Then calmly, and with a purer intention, make your reprimand. You’ll gain more by a friendly word than by a three-hour quarrel.
-Josemaria Escriva
He shows up well here Frank. Good job for quick work. The out of range leaf on the right is a bit distracting though. Any way to clone in some of the sharper leaves? Or, perhaps crop the image to eliminate it and paste an entire copy of what's left, flipped horizonally to enlarge it back to size? - Patty