Competition ki d s

Win this book. Entering is easy - all you need to do is find 7 pictures of Koala Lou hidden on the pages of the magazine. Write the page numbers, together with your name, age address & telephone number and send your entry to:

Kid’s Competition, Mawson Lakes Living, 43 Parkview Drive, Mawson Lakes 5095

Closing dates for entries is 10 February 2012

Congratulations

The prize for this month’s competition is a copy of

by Mem Fox

illustrated by Pamela Lofts t o Damon Spratt, winner of the January 2012 Kids Competition. Damon received a copy of ‘The Three Kangaroos Gruff’.

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Ladybugs

The scientific name for the seven-spotted ladybug is Coccinella septempunctata.

As ladybugs age, the color of their spots fades.

A ladybug in flight beats its wings up to 85 times per second.

Ladybugs breathe through openings on the sides of their bodies.

In 1999, NASA sent ladybugs and aphids up in the space shuttle to test their movements in zero gravity.

Though most ladybugs eat insects, a few species eat plants and are considered pests.

In its lifetime, a female ladybug will lay as many as 2,000 eggs. There are more than 1,000 ladybug species.

A ladybug can retract its head into its body.

i nfo from: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com