Ladybugs in un-lady-like places

How to collect and catalogue them.

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If they really did exist in such... places... I would not have taken up this project. While my advisor does study sexuality, I'm not going to go *that* far. :)

I posted a picture earlier today of a few ladybugs doing very un-lady-like things at the Great Sand Dunes. (The pic is about 2/3 of the way down.)

I can't say that I felt the urge to collect them in my panties, though.