May 12, 2026

We are both Spotless Lady Beetles

Though I (in photo 1) posed with my head down

And with macrophotography I look like a peach

But not Jame's*, which was big as a town. 

* As in Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach.

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park

Sources: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/391240608_Eye-spot-only_Ladybird_Beetle_Cycloneda_sanguinea_Linnaeus_in_New_Countries_and_Islands_while_declining_in_abundance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach

Photo and text © 2026 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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