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LADYBUG LIFE
CYCLE
AN AWESOME GUIDE TO A LADYBUG'S LIFE CYCLE
STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLE
HOW A LADYBUG SURVIVES
all the awesome stages of it's life cycle
how this amazing organism stays alive
FUN FACTS Rumin's awesome facts about ladybugs
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STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLLE
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egg
STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLLE
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larvae STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLLE
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pupa STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLLE
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adult HOW A LADYBUG SURVIVES
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how does it protect itself HOW A LADYBUG SURVIVES
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what does it eat
HOW A LADYBUG SURVIVES
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how does it protect it's offspring FUN FACTS
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STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLE
bonus fact A hatching egg will turn grey.
STAGE #1. EGGS
In the beginning fem a l e l a d y b u g s l a y e g g s o n l e a v e s . these eggs are like orange jellybeans! when they are going to hatch the eggs turn grey. In it's life a ladybug lays about 1,000 eggs. these eggs will turn into larvae.
bonus fact siblings will eat the last egg to hatch.
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STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLE
bonus fact larvae shed there skin because it gets moldy.
STAGE #2
bonus fact larvae eat their own shedded skin.
. LARVAE bonus fact Larvae is the stage that a ladybug eats to grow..
S o m e d a y s l a t e r t h e s e e g g s a r e n o w l a r v a e . These larvae will eat there own egg shell! It will eat a lot. They will eat aphids about 25 each day. "aphids"-a bug that feeds by sucking sap from trees. bonus fact larvae look like corn.
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STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLE
bonus fact when larvae attache to plants they are on the pupa stage.
STAGE #3 PUPA T h i s l a.r v a e w i l l t u r n
i n t o a p u p a . T h i s stage is when a ladybug gets ready to become an adult.
bonus fact Pupa are like miniture sacs.
About a week later what will happen?
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STAGES OF THE LIFE CYCLE Bonus fact A week later a ladybug becomes an adult. Bonus fact than male bigger ladybugs are S T A G E # 4 female An adult! ladybugs. At first the ladybug is dull orange. But soon it will be bright red. And it's shell will get harder. At first it can't fly because it's wing are
Bonus fact still wet. Then this adult will start a new cycle the cycle will never end. I t s p r e a d s i t ' s w i n g s . Bye bye ladybug!
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HOW A LADYBUG SURVIVES
HOW DOES IT PROTECT ITSELF A ladybug can play dead if a bird comes by. Playing dead will make the
WHAT DOES IT EAT
Exactly like a larvae
bird not want to eat it.
stage of a ladybug it
It can also give out a stinky
will eat aphids.
smell. The smell is a bad tasting
Aphids are small but
juice. This juice comes from a
mighty!
ladybug's legs when it's afraid.
They can destroy trees
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HOW A LADYBUG SURVIVES HOW DOES IT PROTECT IT'S OFFSPRING In the egg stage it will lay eggs on the bottom of a leaf. That way it will hatch in a safe spot and be hard to find 7
FUN FACTS 4 ladybugs were Ladybugs live in woods and plainsstudied in space in in gardens and even in your own 1999! home!
As it gets older it's spots start to to fade and it's color gets lighter. 5,000 different species of ladybugs are on the earth.
Ladybugs are smaller than half an inch!
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Aphid:a bug that feeds from sucking sap from plants.
Ladybugs eat bad bugs in gardens.
Ladybugs in hibernation stay in groups in a comfy spot they will relax. Ladybugs have 2 wings 1 layer is fragile the other protects the inner wing.
Female ladybugs are bigger than male ladybugs.
siblings will eat the last egg to hatch.
ladybugs eat there own shedded skin. 9