Probably the best pic of a flower you'll ever see!

BY PETER FARQUHAR

MMM, ladybird.

But although this one looks tasty, it's not recommended you eat it because it's full of "reflex blood".

Which isn't actually blood at all, just a foul-smelling and even worse-tasting slime to put you off eating ladybirds.

In fact, ladybirds are totally deceptive. You can't actually tell how old they are from the spots on their back, despite what your grandmother told you.

Anyway, back to this ladybird, which, to tell the truth, is a bit lazy, allowing itself to get covered in dew and all.

German photographer Jens Kolk caught it napping just the other day and used a macro lens to get the amazing shot.

"I went out into the garden with my camera on a cold Sunday morning," he said.

"The very special light this morning, shining just the right way, led to dozens of little sunstars, which in my opinion makes this a really nice shot."

And that's it, really. Just a nice picture we thought you'd like to see.

If you're one of those people who really need some ladybird news to justify it, check out this alarming report from the BBC, which claims a ladybird war has broken out in Jersey, UK, due to unseasonal warmth.

Five Amazing Ladybird Facts

• In A Bug's Life, the ladybird isn't a ladybird at all. It's Dennis Leary.
• The Finnish word for ladybird translates to Blood Gertrude.
• The 13-spot ladybird is extinct. Except it isn't, because it turned up again in Cornwall in the 2011 UK Ladybird Survey.
• "Ladybird taint" can ruin your wine.
• In 1976, a long hot summer saw "many reports of people being bitten" by ladybirds, which got hungry because all the aphids died.