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SEVEN SPOTTED LADYBUGS Coccinella septempunctata©garrybishop Lady bugs congregate in the fall when the weather cools, and find a warm place to hibernate…though this looks like a poor choice. :) Facts: (from a first grade class)Did you know…• Not all ladybugs are really ladies • Ladybugs are also called Lady beetles or Ladybirds • All ladybugs are born black • There are over 5000 different kinds of ladybugs worldwide • Ladybugs chew from side to side • Ladybugs make a chemical that smells and tastes terrible so predators won’t eat them • It only takes the larvae, or baby ladybug, about one week to grow into an adult • Ladybugs eat aphids • Ladybugs hibernate for the winter • Ladybugs are commonly known to be red with black spots, but they can also be found as orange with black spots or black with red spots • ladybug beats its wings 85 times a second when it flies • If you squeeze a ladybug it will bite you, but the bite won’t hurt —- thusmylife: i posted this pic like 3 months ago, and it got like 300 notes. i love lady bugs! they are good luck :D

SEVEN SPOTTED LADYBUGS
Coccinella septempunctata
©garrybishop

Lady bugs congregate in the fall when the weather cools, and find a warm place to hibernate…though this looks like a poor choice. :)

Facts: (from a first grade class)
Did you know…
• Not all ladybugs are really ladies

• Ladybugs are also called Lady beetles or Ladybirds

• All ladybugs are born black

• There are over 5000 different kinds of ladybugs worldwide

• Ladybugs chew from side to side

• Ladybugs make a chemical that smells and tastes terrible so predators won’t eat them

• It only takes the larvae, or baby ladybug, about one week to grow into an adult

• Ladybugs eat aphids

• Ladybugs hibernate for the winter

• Ladybugs are commonly known to be red with black spots, but they can also be found as orange with black spots or black with red spots

• ladybug beats its wings 85 times a second when it flies

• If you squeeze a ladybug it will bite you, but the bite won’t hurt

—-

thusmylife:

i posted this pic like 3 months ago, and it got like 300 notes. i love lady bugs! they are good luck :D

(Source: freelymade, via rimrimrim)

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    we had a ladybug infestation once…cutest infestation ever.
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    A ladybug once bit me in the neck. Is that good luck? (I am not joking by the way)
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