Thread:Calliebubba/@comment-27145139-20160219034837/@comment-27108021-20160223002047

Hmmm...I could have sworn I replied to this.

Yes, ladybugs help my roses (and iris) be healthy and therefore pretty. They are voracious little things and love eating aphids. Now in the bug on bug world I'm fine with anything that likes to eat aphids. They are really rather creepy when you think about it as they are just little plant sucking factories which like to kill flowers and are forever producing more aphids. As in seriously, plant vampires that suck the life out of my flowers all while giving birth with another aphid already being manufactured inside. Ick.

The ladybugs tend to be found in swarms usually right after the larva stage so it's likely that your daughter was covered in baby ladybugs. Sweet. And they just eat and move on; that's their life. I believe they can travel miles in a day, aided by the wind, all in search of more tasty bugs to eat. Go ladybugs!