They cleaned house on the aphids... all except for a colony on a few of the russian kale leaves. It seems that the lady bugs are careful not to kill all the aphids... is it possible that they are farming them now? heh heh I dunno, it just seems that way, since they devoured the aphids everywhere except for that patch.

Whatever that ladybug is camping on, it isn't an aphid. Any ideas? I mean they stay on these things 24/7.