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The Life Cycle of Ladybugs

The Life Cycle of Ladybugs. What are Ladybugs?. Ladybugs are also called lady birds or lady beetles Small, oval-shaped winged insects. Red with black spots or black with red spots on the wing covers. The number of spots identifies the type of ladybug. What is a Life Cycle?.

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The Life Cycle of Ladybugs

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  1. The Life Cycle of Ladybugs

  2. What are Ladybugs? • Ladybugs are also called lady birds or lady beetles • Small, oval-shaped winged insects. • Red with black spots or black with red spots on the wing covers. • The number of spots identifies the type of ladybug.

  3. What is a Life Cycle? • A life cycle is a set of changes animals go through as they grow.

  4. First Stage – Egg • The Female lays tiny eggs • Eggs are sticky and yellow • Eggs are laid on a leaf with lots of aphids • This stage last 3 to 7 days

  5. Second Stage – Larvae • The larvae that hatches from the egg • The larvae is small and long and has 6 legs. • The larvae sheds its skin several times. • After reaching full size, the larvae attaches itself to a plant leaf or stem by its "tail”. • This stage lasts 2 to 4 weeks

  6. Third Stage – Pupa • The larval skin then splits down the back, exposing the pupa. • The pupa is about the size of the adult ladybug • The pupa is all wrapped up, protecting the ladybug while the it undergoes metamorphosis. • This stage lasts 5 to 7 days

  7. Forth Stage – Ladybug • The adult ladybug emerges from the pupa • As the ladybug grows it begins to get its spots • The ladybugs life span is a few months • Ladybugs eat aphids yum-yum!

  8. Comprehension Page 1. What is a Life Cycle? 2. What do ladybug eggs look like? 3. Where does the female ladybug lay her eggs? 4. What is a pupa? 5. What do ladybugs eat? 6. When is a ladybug full grown? 7. What is the 2nd stage in the ladybug life cycle?

  9. Fun Facts • LADYBUGS ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE • Four ladybugs were sent into space in 1999 on NASA's space shuttle. • Ladybugs and their main food, aphids, were sent to a zero-gravity environment • They studied how aphids could get away from the ladybugs without being able to jump using gravity.

  10. Work Cited • msucares.com/.../images/ 040923ladybug200.jpg • www.fcps.k12.va.us/ StratfordLandingES/Ecology • http://www.celticbug.com/Real/Bugs4.html • http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/fldcrops/ef105.htm • www.co.alameda.ca.us/. ../beninsects.htm • www.scottcamazine.com/.../ ladybugPupa_jpg.htm

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