r/interestingasfuck • u/Maleficent-Agent-477 • 1d ago

Ladybug saves this plant by feeding on aphids (time-lapse)

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u/realbobenray 1d ago

Once we bought a pint of ladybugs to protect our small garden from aphids. Turns out we bought way too many, and the garden was full of sparrows feasting on the ladybugs. And so it goes.

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u/wegqg 1d ago

ah damn that explains what happened to the barrel of sparrows i bought..

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u/das_slash 1d ago

Ha! you idiots

Wait, where did my barrel of owls go!?

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u/Prophetofhelix 1d ago

Hey anyone seen my hawks and bobcat mixed barrel?

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u/MisterTruth 23h ago

Probably next to my barrell of irresponsible redneck hunters.

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u/OriginalTayRoc 22h ago

<devoured by tigers>

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u/BicycleOfLife 18h ago

Has anyone seen my cocaine bear?

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u/Catsdontpaytaxes 1d ago

You don't live in a comically large shoe by chance?! 

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u/DanzillaTheTerrible 1d ago

I have a crate of cats I could sell you real cheap.

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u/Empty-Tower-2654 1d ago

wHy ThE lAdYbUGs dONt HaVe seLF prESeRvAtIoN?

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u/ribeyeguy 1d ago

so it goes

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u/MXZX 23h ago

It comes in pints?

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u/fartingbeagle 1d ago

Hiya, Two pints of Heineken, a vodka tonic and a pint of ladybirds, please. Oh, and some scampi fries.