No, silver ladybugs (Olla v-nigrum) do not eat plants.
Specifically, the silver or ashy gray ladybirds are insectivores, which means that they eat insects. Many lady bird beetles eat soft-bodied bugs. The silver ladybird beetle is no exception in preying on aphids and on jumping plant lice, the latter of which also are called psyllids.
Ladybugs do not eat leaves; they eat aphids, which suck the juices from plants. So, the Ladybugs protect your garden.
Yes, the ladybugs do eat gnats and not your plants. And also, ladybugs are actually a type of beetle.
Ladybugs don't eat plants. They eat the bugs that eat your plants. If they are lurking around your plants, that usually means they have some kind of pest that feeds on plants. Ladybugs are good to have around.
They eat bugs and flys that eat your plants
Most species of ladybugs eat plant-eating insects and aphids are their favorite food. The aphids eat the plants, and the ladybugs eat the aphids. Then, larger insects and birds eat the ladybugs.
Ladybugs eat a variety of things. Most ladybugs eat other insects, but some also eat parts of plants.
leaves and any plants.
No, ladybugs are carnivores and it only eats meat material.
Ladybugs eat fungus, mushrooms, insects, mildew, leaves, and don't forget aphids!!! Ladybugs eat aphids and aphids feed on plant juices so farmers love ladybugs because they help the plant stay alive. Aphids are yellow bugs that are very small and pesty. ... Omnivores eat meat\animals, and they eat plants.
Ladybugs (Ladybirds, in UK) eats greenfly and insects that are sap suckers on plants.
sort of a trick answer to a trick question...for the most part ladybugs do not eat leaves but eat soft bodied insects, but there are a few species of ladybugs that feed off of plants and are considered pests, such as the Mexican Bean Beetle..they feed on the green growing leaves of various plants Lar
Ladybugs eat aphids, the tiny little green insects you find on the leaves of plants.