LET'S TAKE
A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR LITTLE FRIEND..THE LADYBUG
LAAADYBUG'S
FUN FACTS & MYTHS ABOUT LADYBUGS



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LADYBUG! LADYBUG!
FLY AWAY HOME!
YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE,
YOUR CHILDREN ALL GONE;
ALL BUT ONE AND HER NAME IS ANN,
AND SHE CREPT UNDER THE PUDDING PAN......
~~~WHEN YOU SCROLL THE PAGE UP AND DOWN, IT LOOKS LIKE THE LADYBUGS ARE SCURRYING ACROSSED IT~~~
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT LADYBUGS ARE GOOD LUCK 
LADYBUGS WILL PLAY DEAD WHEN THEY ARE TIRED
LADYBUGS CAN EAT UP TO 5000 APHIDS IN THEIR LIFETIMES
CLASSIFICATION OF A LADYBUG

KINGDOM ~ ANIMALIA
PHYLUM ~ ARTHROPODA
CLASS ~ INSECTA
ORDER ~ COLEOPTERA
FAMILY ~ COCCINELLIDAE
GENUS ~ HIPPODAMIA
LADYBUGS FEED ON APHIDS WHICH CAN DESTROY CROPS AND GARDENS
THIS MAKES THEM A FARMERS AND GARDNERS FAVORITE INSECT
LADYBUGS ARE ACTUALLY BEETLES *THEY ARE STILL INSECTS*
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 5000 DIFFERENT TYPES OF LADYBUGS ALL OVER THE WORLD
A LADYBUG BEATS IT'S WINGS 85 TIMES A SECOND WHEN IT IS FLYING
WHEN LADYBUGS CHEW THEY CHEW FROM SIDE TO SIDE
LADYBUGS ARE SO SMALL THAT YOU CAN FIT AROUND 80,000 OF THEM IN A GALLON SIZE JAR
LADYBUGS WILL NOT FLY IF THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 55 DEGREES
IN ENGLAND LADYBUGS ARE CALLED *LADYBIRDS*