Ladybugs, with their signature polka dots and bright red bodies, are easy to spot - and during the summer, it’s not uncommon to find a handful of them hard at work in the garden.
Once they’ve taken care of the pests, though, and their source of food is no longer plentiful, they often migrate to the mountains.
This is exactly where Valley Lookout editor Drew Dodson found thousands of the friendly beetles on a recent hike up Council Mountain.
He joined Idaho Matters along with BoiseDev reporter Anna Daly, who wrote about Drew’s experience.
