How does a ladybug reproduce?

Answer 1

if you put them in water, they do some magic really quickly the male is on top of the surface and the female is under water u see this rodish thing coming out of them and whala! if you get them out of water they might have babies.

Answer 2

The Coccinellidae Beetle, or Ladybug (Ladybird in the UK, Australia, and South Africa) mate by means of indirect internal fertilization inside the female (as opposed to direct internal fertilization where the male fertilizes eggs inside the female, or direct external fertilization, where the female laying eggs and the male fertilizes them outside her body).

During copulation, the male deposits sperm, which the female may then store for 2-3 months until she is ready to lay eggs.

When she's ready, she will find a colony of aphids, if she can, and lay her eggs there... Anywhere from just a few to as many as fifty. The eggs will hatch in 3-5 days, and the larvae will start feeding on the aphids, sometimes eating their egg case, unhatched eggs, or even their brothers and sisters first.

The larvae will pass through four 'instars' (the time between molting old skin as they grow) in a period that can last 4-21 days, depending on how much food they can find, before they form a pupa and start the process, called 'pupation', of changing into adult ladybugs.

After about 5-10 days of pupation, they will emerge from the pupa as adults, but, as with most insects fresh from the cocoon or pupa, they will be soft, or 'teneral'. After a few more days, their exoskeletons (shells) become hard, and they are ready to reproduce and have babies of their own.
I think you're asking how they reproduce? If so, The male grips the female from behind and holds on tight. They can copulate (stay together) for more than 2 hours at a time. Female ladybugs can store a male's sperm for 2-3 months before laying eggs. Once the eggs are laid I think it takes about 4 days for them to hatch and the cycle to begin again!

From: Joshua

Answer 3

Me and my cousin found two ladybug, but we did not know what gender they were, but we put them in the same cage, and about half an hour later, one was on top of the other!! So we let them "do their thing" and the next day, we saw eggs!!

So what I would do is find two ladybugs, and hope they are boy an girl! And put them in the same cage and as I said let them "do their thing!" and check the next day for eggs!

Answer 4

You can make your ladybug mate by putting a boy and girl ladybug in a place and the boy will grab on to the girls wings and they will lay eggs and the eggs will hatch from 2-3 months. P.S the female is bigger than the male!

Answer 5

Ladybugs use pheromones to attract a mate. Some companies actually market a product called "Eau de Ladybug" a pheromone-based liquid that can help you attract ladybugs into your garden.

Answer 6

The same way as with most beetles. That's how we get more ladybugs.

Answer 7

you get two or more lady bugs and put them inna jar and jus wait

Answer 8

they do it like people