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Ladybugs
Also known as ladybirds and lady beetles, ladybugs are beetles belonging to the family Coccinellidae. This family of over 5,000 species can be found worldwide and some species are considered garden pests. Questions about ladybugs can be found here.
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Is a ladybug a type of beetle?
Yes. Ladybugs can be yellow. They can be yellow, pink, red, or orange and can have polka dots, stripes, or just one plain color. Hope I helped you. :)
Can a ladybugs poop cause an infection?
no. their mandibles are too narrow to bite. they only bite out of protection and they are as harmless as can be. :-)
You don't get fordyce spots, you're born with it. They only appear when you hit puberty. I would suggest to speak to a doctor if you have any questions. (fordyce spots aren't an std and you can't pass it on to another person..)
What does a bluebird tattoo symbolize?
Bluebonnet is a type of flower. It's the state flower of Texas.
Bluebonnet is a brand of nutritional supplements that features a picture of the flower on its packaging.
Blue Bonnet is a brand of margarine that features a picture of a girl wearing a blue bonnet on the label.
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Can ladybugs eat rotten fruit?
ummm NO!
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Ladybugs can only eat non-acidic fruit. The safest ones are strawberries, and rehydrated apricots and raisins. The best food for them in captivity is a sugar water mixture (1 part sugar to 10 parts water) or you can use hummingbird nectar mix. The nectar mix does provide more vitamins that then sugar water, but make sure you don't mix up big batches because it only keeps for about a week. Soak a few cottonballs in the food mixture and put them in empty caps from juice jugs. Make sure you change the cottonballs once a week, and add to them in-between if necessary. And, make sure you keep regular drinking water at all times. Do not use distilled water...use Spring water, if possible, or use water that has been boiled and sat for 24 hours. Put a few small pebbles in a juice cap and keep the water level just full enough do that they can use the stones for safety. Do not just put a capful of water or it can be real easy for them to drown.
The ladybirds take the aphids into their bedroom and stab them with a knife so that they die.
Do ladybirds look after their young?
The lady bug is an egg layer. They lay their eggs and then abandon them. The eggs are always laid close to a food source. When they hatch, they are in a larval stage. They then form a pupa where they transform into an adult lady bug.
What do spots mean on a ladybug?
When you think of a ladybug, you probably have a picture in your mind of a little beetle that is bright red with several black spots on it. That is how most people picture ladybugs and these are the most well known of all of the ladybug species.
Not all ladybugs have black spots on them, though, and not all ladybugs are red, either. There are many different species of ladybugs and they all look a little different in their colors and patterns. But since you, and most people, think of a ladybug as the red, spotted variety, you might wonder why ladybugs have their spots and what they mean.
http://wiki.answers.com/ladybug-spots-2.html
This ladybug doesn't have ANY spots
Photo by Dan Parsons
The reason that entomologists think that ladybugs have such brilliant red coloring and black spots is to warn their predators that they taste really bad and that they are a little bit poisonous, too.
Think about other colorful, uniquely marked insects. Bumble bees are bright yellow and black striped and can be seen coming from a mile away it seems. Not very many animals want to eat bumble bees because of their poisonous and hurtful stinger. Bumble beescan't tell predators that they will hurt them if they are eaten, but their bright colors let predators know to stay away from them
Are ladybugs insects or arachnid?
They're insects and.....
Phylum: Arthropods. Interveberates with and exo-skeleton.
Class: Insecta. Six legged . Commonly known as insects. Study called entomology.
Order: Coleoptera. Beetles. Having the largest number of known species
Family: Coccinellidae. That IS ladybug.
They're more like beetles
Yes, ladybugs [Coccinellidae] will eat each other. In fact, cannibalism is a major threat to native ladybug populations in the United States of America. They're being outcompeted for food sources by Asian or Japanese ladybugs [Harmonia axyridis], which consider the natives prey.
When a dog eats a ladybug what are the side effects?
I've never known a dog to eat a ladybird, but I've heard that if they eat any KIND OF LADYBIRD nothing will happen to the dog.. :) So you're all safe.
In winter, ladybugs take shelter in your house but if your looking for them out side they usually lady bugs come out in the spring but you may see them around befor then.
What are the different types of ladybugs in new zealand?
several.
they are the same species as bettles
Why does the male ladybug have the name lady bug?
because it looks like a lady when she is flustered
It's original scientific name is Coccinellidae, derived from the Latin coccineus, which means scarlet. The name lady bug originated in Great Britain as "lady bird", where it became known as "Our Lady's Bird". This was because Mary (Our Lady), the Queen, in early paintings had often been shown wearing a red cloak, and the spots on the common seven spot lady bug were supposed to be symbols of her seven joys and seven sorrows. In the US, the name was adapted to lady bug because, well, it's a bug, not a bird.
no, they do not migrate, birds do though. even fish do but not ladybugs
"Ladybug" is a very broad term used for an entire family of beetles (Coccinellidae). There are nearly a hundred genera just in one of the subfamilies (Coccinellinae) within this famly, and several hundred genera in the family as a whole.
How long is the ladybug pregnant?
Four to seven weeks is the ladybug [Coccinellidaefamily] gestation. There may be one or two offspring, depending upon the particular ladybug type. There may be as many as 1,000 eggs produced over the ladybug's two to three year lifespan.
Is a ladybug with no dots male or female?
No but there are species of ladybugs that are entirely black or grey.
Why do ladybugs have their wings out?
Some potential predators of the ladybug - such as birds, frogs, wasps, spiders, and dragonflies - have learned to associate certain colors used by ladybugs with a bad taste. Ladybugs also have developed a defense known as "reflex bleeding" which is when a small amount of alkaloid toxin is released through the joints of their exoskeleton. It is triggered by a predator attack. Without their defenses against so many predators, the ladybug population would be wiped out.
they are a symbol of danger to there predators that let them know that they are poisonous and don't taste good. All ladybugs don't have the same amount of spots they are just born with them
Can you make food for a ladybug?
You can feed your lady bug a poptart only if it is a certain species, such as the North American Greater Lady bug. Also you have to check if the poptart has no toxic substances to lady bugs. AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE POPTART HAS NO BOROX IN IT. Also aluminum wrappings can be very toxic to most species of insects and possibly even to lady bugs. So I, in my professional opinion, strongly recommend that you do NOT feed your lady bug a poptart, unless you want to risk it dying.
They have to be as they can not make their own food as plants ( autotrophs ) can do. So, yes.
