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My Home:
I am found all over the world and
live in a variety of places including gardens, forests, fields and
grasslands.
What I
eat: Aphids are my favorite
food. As a larva, I can eat over 25 aphids a day. Once I am grown to
an adult, I can eat over 50 aphids a day.
What I
look like: I am around 1/4 of an
inch long and am usually yellow, orange or red with black spots on my
wing covers. I also have black legs, head and antennae. The number of
black spots I might have will vary by individual ladybug. My black
spots will fade, as I get older.
How I am
born: I go through four stages
of development: egg, larva, pupa and adult. My tiny yellow egg is laid
on a leaf and will hatch in about a week. When I hatch, I am in a worm
like larva stage for almost a month. I finally get strong enough to
pupate and become an adult. I can hibernate during the winter and live
around one year.
Fun
Facts: A ladybug's wings beat
over 80 times a second in flight. Ladybugs will play dead when
threatened. In 1999, four ladybugs were sent into space on NASA's space
shuttle.
There are 5000 different kinds of ladybugs worldwide. |
