Ladybug, Aphids and some sort of fly

[Fire it up]

Just wanted to post this poc cause I was surprised how well it turned out.
I was in the field/garden chopping down some remaining cover crops before I do another final till and I noticed a ladybug.
The main thing that caught my eye was it was a North American ladybug that didn't appear to have been crossed with the Asian ones, those are the orangish ones that like to live indoors during the winter.

Well I was gonna grab him/her and move to some other plants that are growing when I noticed some tiny bright green bugs, a group of aphids.
Ladybug was feasting but unfortunately those pics came out blurry and it was done by the time I got this one.
Also the fly part, there was some sort of flying bug under the top leaf that I didn't even notice until I upped the pic.



Happy Gardening everyone, good bugs and bad

*Tried to zoom the pic in further cause original size was much bigger but meh...

[Kyote]

that lady bug is gunna have some smoked Aphids and be fat and happy soon.
lady bugs are so cool.
my yard is loaded for some reason. and the praying mantis's should be out soon. love those guys.

[sweet_magnolia]

Cool picture!

[curious aardvark]

Nice ladybird but here's a beast that could eat it whole !
took this pic last week:



Actual detail level:
head


abdomen and legs



So how big was the spider in question ? did I catch it just before it ran off with the neighbour's cat ?

Nah, it was about 1/4 inch long.
pic was taken at night, from a distance of about an inch with flash - my sony tsc9 just rules on macro photography :-)
Love the way you can see the jointing where the legs meet the body.

I take a lot of macro pics of insects but I think this is probably the best yet !

[ALX]

Cool....Got me another bumper crop of the ladys...

[Kingudaroad]

Nice! I wonder if that flying bug is the momma aphid.