I saw this ladybug on our deck table and thought it was sitting on a fly or something ;-), but after doing some research I learned that those are actually the ladybug’s wings. I was talking to my next-door neighbor when I saw it and asked her if ladybugs had real “wings,” and she said, “Sure, the red things on either side of its body,” which is what I had thought. Anyway, it was certainly a revelation for me!

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

Still insect-less, posted earlier: