Ladybug | Facts & Information

# Ladybug | Facts & Information

Ladybug | Discover Fascinating Facts and Information About Ladybug

Yes, my dear ones, the ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) is no ordinary insect. She is delicate, passionate, giddy, insatiable, and it is only when she gets tired and puts her wings together on a leaf that she is resigned. He doesn't have that. She must fly, find out, bathe in the rays of the sun, and tan her black polka dots to the shine of raindrops.

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Have you ever seen a happy ladybug? It's loud. It flutters relentlessly from the hard fins that hide yet another perecehe of transparent wings like a pair of lace gloves worn by a queen. Happy being, it flies high, higher and higher, feels its light wings and forgets the shackles of time.

Have you ever seen a sad ladybug? It's better not to have seen her. He can still fly, but he doesn't soar. It gives heavy Scaly Wings, and moves erratically, as close to the ground as possible. The heights make her dizzy and dislike her. It hides in the shade of leaves and makes no sound. Have you ever seen a ladybug in love?

They bathe each morning in a drop of dew, then powder their feet with path pollen, then polish their wings with velvety sunflower petals and, before taking off, perfume themselves with the sap of rose flowers. It's matched, arranged, perfumed and... in love.

A happy ladybug will point you in the direction where Luck is hidden, a sad ladybug will point you to the place of untold truths, and a loved one will drop you, because she cares only about her love and thus will urge you to seek your own love, without asking for Guides, directions and rules of movement.

Ladybug-ruza,

Fly off the Leaf

Where Will you fly

That's where I get married.

In the UK, this tiny colourful insect is known as ladybird, which means Lady Bird. In Romania it is called ladybug or mamaruta. Although cockroaches are not among our favorite insects, ladybugs make exceptions, being viewed with love. They fascinate children, and gardeners and farmers welcome them with open arms.

Feeding Ladybug

In general, ladybugs love to eat aphids, or plant lice, tiny, soft-bodied insects that devour crops in gardens and fields.

Some adult ladybugs can consume thousands of aphids during their lifetime, even their larvae have great appetite. The ladybug feeds on many other harmful insects.

A ladybug consumes 250-300 plant lice daily. When feeding, ladybugs move their mouths from side to side, not from top to bottom like humans.

Features Ladybug

The little ladybugs are either round or oval, their body having a hemispherical shape. Although they have an apothecary appetite, most do not exceed 12 mm in length.

The delicate hind wings with which they fly are covered by elytra, hard glossy wings with colorful patterns, after which we recognize ladybugs. When the insect wants to fly, the elytra open upward, and so it can flap its wings.

Although ladybugs are known to be red with black dots, the approximately 5,000 species differ in a variety of color combinations. Some are orange or yellow with black dots. Others are black with red dots.

There are also ladybugs without dots, and some have stripes or squares like those on the chess board.

Breeding Ladybug

The life cycle of many species lasts no more than a year. In winter, adult specimens hibernate in dry, sheltered places. When the weather warms up, they wake up and start flying in search of plants full of aphids. After mating, the female lays on the underside of a leaf, next to a good supply of aphids, a cluster of tiny yellow eggs.

From each egg comes a six-legged larva that looks more like a small fierce alligator, from which you would not expect a ladybug to emerge. Because they constantly eat aphids, the larva grows in a short time so much that it no longer fits into the skin, and after shedding several times, it catches on to a plant and produces the pupal shell.

Inside the pupa, the larva continues to grow until it finally emerges as an adult. At first it has a soft body and no color and therefore remains on the plant until it hardens. Characteristic points appear in one day.

Enemies don't want anything to do with the colorful ladybug. When threatened, the ladybug spews from the wrists a yellow, foul-smelling liquid with a terrible taste. Predators, such as birds or spiders, never forget their first encounter with the ladybug. Her bright colors always remind them of the unpleasant meeting.

How can you attract ladybugs to your garden? Flowering plants are an inviting source of pollen and nectar. A patch of land full of weeds, but also a plate of water can be a temptation for them. If possible, do not use pesticides.

A few dead leaves left on plants or soil during the winter can give ladybugs pleasant places to hibernate. Do not crush any cockroaches or eggs that you find in the garden. The female ladybug lays up to 100 eggs throughout her life.

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