Ladybugs Marion

The ladybug is 1mm to 10mm long. It's body has 3 parts and they are head, thorax and abdomen. The head is where it can see. Ladybugs can be red, yellow, orange, grey, black, brown or pink with black dots.

Ladybugs live in gardens, forests, fields and grass lands. They can be found almost worldwide but especially in warmer countries.

Female ladybugs lay yellow tiny eggs. After 3 to 5 days they hatch in to larva. After another 20 to 30 days they turn into a pupa. 3 to 12 days later they turn into an adult ladybug.

Ladybugs are eaten by birds, spiders and beetles that can stand their smelly spray. They eat aphids, mites and white flies.

Ladybugs can eat 50 aphids a day. Ladybugs can live for up to one year. You can tell how a ladybug is by counting the spots on their back. Ladybugs are named after Mary because the farmers in the middle ages prayed for a miracle to protect their crops from pests. Ladybugs appeared and began to eat the pests.

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