Fruits all over the garden have finally ripened to a vibrant red. There are crabapples, rowan berries, rosehips, trumpet honeysuckle fruits, and cotoneaster fruits (pictured below) -- all of which add attractive autumn color to the garden.
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| Berries and autumn foliage of a Cotoneaster sp. shrub. |
The bright color of the fruits is not only appealing aesthetically; it also attracts seed dispersers, such as birds, that consume the fleshy fruits but fail to digest the seeds within. However, not every red thing on the branches is aiming to be eaten. Spot the exceptions in the photo below!
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| Two seven-spotted ladybugs (Coccinella septempunctata) among the Cotoneaster sp. berries. |
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Interestingly, in the case of the ladybugs, the red color serves as a signal that they are
distasteful.
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