LADYBUG

BASIC NEEDS

• Food:any small insects
• Air
• Shelter:plants and grass

LIFE CYCLE

BODY PARTS

HABITAT

• Forests
• Meadows
• Gardens

EFFECT ON THE GARDEN

• The insects that ladybugs eat can damage plants/crops..
• Ladybugs can help the garden by eating aphids
• Many fruit growers and gardens value ladybugs

FUN FACTS

• Ladybugs have 5 stages:egg,larva,pupa,young ladybug, adult
• There are about 4,300 kinds of ladybugs
• Female ladybugs can eat as many as 75 aphids in one day
• Ladybugs smell with their feet and antennae
• Female ladybugs are larger than male ladybugs