1. LADYBUGS Here are some neat facts about ladybugs. There are nearly 5,000 different kinds of ladybugs worldwide and 400 which live in North America. A female ladybug will lay more than 1000 eggs in her lifetime. A ladybug beats its wings 85 times a second when it flies. Aphids are a ladybug's favorite food. Ladybugs chew from side to side and not up and down like people do. A gallon jar will hold from 72,000 to 80,000 ladybugs. Ladybugs make a chemical that smells and tastes terrible so that birds and other predators won't eat them. If you squeeze a ladybug it will bite you, but the bite won't hurt. The spots on a ladybug fade as the ladybug gets older. During hibernation, ladybugs feed on their stored fat. Ladybugs won't fly if the temperature is below 55 degrees Fahrenheit. The ladybug is the official state insect of Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Tennessee. The male ladybug is usually smaller than the female. The Asian Lady Beetle can live up to 2-3 years if the conditions are right. There are nearly 5,000 different kinds of ladybugs worldwide and 400 which live in North America. A female ladybug will lay more than 1000 eggs in her lifetime. A ladybug beats its wings 85 times a second when it flies. Aphids are a ladybug's favorite food. Ladybugs chew from side to side and not up and down like people do. A gallon jar will hold from 72,000 to 80,000 ladybugs. The spots on a ladybug fade as the ladybug gets older. During hibernation, ladybugs feed on their stored fat. Ladybugs won't fly if the temperature is below 55 degrees Fahrenheit. The ladybug is the official state insect of Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Tennessee. The male ladybug is usually smaller than the female. The Asian Lady Beetle can live up to 2-3 years if the conditions are right. There are nearly 5,000 different kinds of ladybugs worldwide and 400 which live in North America. A female ladybug will lay more than 1000 eggs in her lifetime. A ladybug beats its wings 85 times a second when it flies. Aphids are a ladybug's favorite food. Ladybugs chew from side to side and not up and down like people do. A gallon jar will hold from 72,000 to 80,000 ladybugs. The spots on a ladybug fade as the ladybug gets older. During hibernation, ladybugs feed on their stored fat. Ladybugs won't fly if the temperature is below 55 degrees Fahrenheit. The ladybug is the official state insect of Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Tennessee. The male ladybug is usually smaller than the female. The Asian Lady Beetle can live up to 2-3 years if the conditions are right.
2. There are about 5,000 different kinds of ladybugs in the world and about 400 species of them live in North America. Female ladybugs can lay something like 1000 eggs in her lifetime. Ladybugs wings beat is 85 beats per second when they fly. Ladybugs favourite food is aphids. Ladybugs chew from side to side and not up and down like people do. A certaint jar will hold about 72,000 to 80,000 ladybugs. Ladybugs make a chemical that smells and tastes bad so that predators won't attack and eat them. Ladybugs will sting you if you squeeze them but it won’t hurt because we are a lot bigger than ladybugs. Ladybug spots fade as the ladybug gets older. During hibernation, ladybugs eat their stored fat. If it is lower than 55 degrees ladybugs won’t fly The male ladybug is usually smaller than the female.
