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LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR LITTLE FRIEND..THE LADYBUG |
LAAADYBUG'S FUN FACTS & MYTHS ABOUT LADYBUGS |
***************************************** 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...... |
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~~~WHEN YOU SCROLL THE PAGE UP AND DOWN, IT LOOKS LIKE THE LADYBUGS ARE SCURRYING ACROSSED IT~~~ |
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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* |