Ladybug in the Garden {Garden}

I went out to check on my roses and came across the most peculiar thing!  An odd looking ladybug!

This is typically what you think of when you picture a ladybug in your mind, right? 

I know because last month I purchased some from the plant nursery.  I love adding them to my garden because they eat aphids and mites and other bugs that are harmful to my flowers.

Red, round, tiny, hard shell, black spots.  These are words that come to mind when describing a ladybug.

 So you can imagine my intrigue when I came across this mutated little thing!  I turned the flower in every direction to get a good look at her!  I tried to take the closest pictures that I could! {She was the best photo subject too,  just clinging to my rose for an hour while I tried to get that perfect shot!}

Did a little research on ladybugs and found that in their larvae stage they are long and black, even though I did not find anything pictured that resembled mine.  My daughter was amazed and said that it was a mutated one!  This funny little thing must only be changing into the beautiful ladybug that she is to become!  Isn't nature spectacular?!  {Proof to me that you can be creative and draw your ladybugs any shape that you want to!} 

Something else I found while I was down on the ground.  A dandelion to blow and make a wish!  So what do you think of my ladybug?