How many insects do ladybugs eat a day?

Answer 1

Twenty thousand (20,000) is the number of ladybugs that it takes to eat about 1 million aphids. The insects in question (Coccinellidae family) may eat 50 to 60 aphids a day in the mature stage. They will need to total 20,000 to eat a million aphids in one day but only 2,000 to eat 1 million in a year since researchers estimate the yearly total at 5,000.

Answer 2

Fifty to 60 is the number that often is offered for the number of aphids that one ladybug can eat in a day. Research suggests that the year life cycle and natural history of a ladybug may include a total lifetime predation of 5,000 aphids. The total takes on even more impressive dimensions in the context of daily ladybug diets also including such other pests as leaf-hoppers, mealybugs and mites.

Answer 3

Seventy-five for an adult is a number that frequently is encountered on the internet in terms of the quantity of insects that ladybugs eat a day. Newborn larvae may spend the first 14 to 21 days eating one-third to one-half that amount. Research suggests that ladybugs may consume as many as 5,000 insects within their one-year life cycle and natural history.