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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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What is Houdini's favourite kind of food?
Escape artist Harry Houdini stated in an interview that his favorite food was Farmer's Chop Suey. It is made with chopped vegetables and sour cream.
What does a gem tattoo symbolize?
Gemini Tattoo Symbol - Gemini, the twins, the third sign of the ZODIAC (May 21 - June 20), is generally the symbol of duality and also human contact. Some zodiacs employ the image of two children holding hands while others use as a man and a woman or even, in the case of a Coptic Zodiac, as a pair of lovers. Positive traits ascribed to those born under this sign traditionally include intelligence and skill at communication with negative traits including inconsistency and a tendency toward gossip.
You can't be sure unless you ask him - if you like him, ask him out, if you don't perhaps its best to ignore him, and not encourage him.
How long does it take to drown?
Drowning is a process, not a single event. That is, drowning takes a rather extended time period, rather than an instantaneous action.
At its most basic level, drowning is suffocation, depriving the body of oxygen cells need to function. From a medical standpoint, the most critical cells are brain cells; other cells can die, but if enough brain cells die, then the body dies, no matter how much of the rest of the body's remains alive.
For this discussion, let's assume that drowning starts at the moment the person takes their last breath of air, NOT when they fall in the water. After that moment, the bloodstream does not get any new oxygen. So, as it circulates, cells remove the last of the existing oxygen from the blood; this process takes a handful of seconds (perhaps as many as a dozen). After the bloodstream's oxygen is depleted, cells switch from aerobic (with oxygen) to anaerobic (without oxygen) chemical processes to get their needed energy. Depending on the physical fitness of the individual, a person can burn anaerobically for up a couple of minutes at full speed; think about the time that you can hold your breath - that's the time you are burning anaerobically at full speed.
After this time, the body recognizes that it is in immediate danger, and begins to shut down various functions, in an attempt to conserve any stored energy. In the brain, this shutdown quickly leads to loss of consciousness. The body continues to slow down as much as it can, while still burning reserves anaerobically to provide energy. Eventually, the body runs out of reserves, and cells die. When enough brain cells die, the person is dead.
Restoring oxygen to the person at any stage above can revived them, though, if the person has been without air for an extended time, brain cells may have died, which is permanent. That is, recovery may be possible, but brain damage is permanent.
Assuming a normally fit person, otherwise conscious and uninjured, who is drowning in warm (21C/70F) water, I would estimate 2-3 minutes before full loss of consciousness, and 5-10 minutes before brain damage, and 15 minutes before irrecoverable death.
Note that there is a recently discovered reflex which helps humans when drowning - it is called the Mammalian Diving Reflex. When cold (below 21C/70F) water hits the face, the body immediately begins the "shutdown to conserve" process above. This only works if the face is underwater. The colder the water, the faster the body shuts down. Also, the younger the person, the faster the reflex takes action. There are documented cases of children falling through ice-covered ponds who have survived over 30 minutes without brain damage.
Do ladybugs eat dried cranberries?
Yes, they do. They eat dried and fresh ( low acidic) fruits, aphids and small insects and pests.
What does ladybugs eat do all eat black ants?
One of ladybugs main food sources are ants and aphids. Whatever insect is around that is the least threatening to the ladybug is what the ladybug will end up eating. Ladybugs are also known to eat ladybug eggs because they're such an easy meal.
Does Atlantis have spiritual meaning?
The myth of Atlantis can be seen in a spiritual light. In the myth we are taught that the people of Atlantis rose to a tremendous height of awareness, but became controlling of nature. They began to clone animal/people combinations and slaves. Their science began a religion and they were destroyed.
==new answer== Yes, very much so. New information is available from the akashic records. " Atlantis Remembered, history of the world, volume one" isbn# 0-944386-28-8
Many spiritual questions were answered here. Many past speculations are cleared up here. The akashic records are where all thought and action for all time are stored, in subconscious mind.
ladybugs eat 50-60 aphids a day. at least i think....i mean this IS answers.com, i wouldn't put this in your science report.
What is the orange stuff when you hold a ladybug?
The orange stuff actually is there blood and they let it out when there scared so it will scare people off and it is soposed to look like pee.
Do the spots on ladybug backs matter?
Yes, the spots of ladybug backs matter in terms of insect life cycles and natural histories. The spots serve as visual communication for other ladybugs, predators and prey. They warn potential predators of unpleasant scents, tastes and textures just as much as they tell same-species members of the acceptability of mating.
Are black ladybugs that have orange spots dangerous?
They are completely harmless, They are in fact very rare ladybugs.
How do ladybirds protect themselves?
Ladybugs protect themselves by secreting an orange, smelly fluid from the joints on their legs. Also their red/orange coloration is to ward off predators.
i have a 7 spoted lady bug but i dont know if its lucky
What natural instincts do ladybugs have?
Survival is the natural instinct that ladybugs have. It shows up when ladybugs deposit eggs on the undersides of food and host plant leaves so that hatchlings have aphids to eat and when they leave some infertile eggs, amid each female's spring and summer quote of 2,000, for hatched fertile eggs to consume in case of absent or few prey. It also will be evidenced in ladybugs playing dead by rolling over on their shells and stretching legs out stiff and straight as in death.
the same as the boy. but it is more than one ladybug races. and lot of different colors. yellow and redd is too of them.
Can eating a ladybug make you sick?
Some folk will be intolerant or sensitive to them I'm sure, and given their obvious warning colouration, I'd expect them to be bitter. Do you really need to know?
As lady bug are red with black dots ,,they have a spiritual power as they give luck to us DON'T KILL THEM !!!
