The Life Cycle of a
Ladybug
General Statement:
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The ladybug life cycle is not much different from that of a butterfly.
The ladybug goes through the same four strages as a butterfly; the egg stage,
larvae stage, pupa stage and adult ladybug stage.
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Explanation;
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Egg
Stage
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Female ladybugs lay their eggs on the underside of leaves. This is to
protect them for being seen by flying predators as well as from the weather.
A mother ladybug will lay from ten to fifteen eggs in one place and she will
make sure that it is a place where the babies can find food when they hatch.
The ladybug eggs look similar to yellow jellybeans, except that they are
tiny.
Larvae
Stage
Once the eggs hatch, the larvae
will emerge and start lookingfor food. They will look for tiny mites or
aphids and they should find plenty because the mother finds the perfect leaf
to lay her eggs under, because of the abundance of food for the larvae to
find. Newborn larvae look like tiny alligators. After only a few days, the
larvae will be large enough to begin to molt (shed their skin) and they keep
molting for as long as they are growing.
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Pupa
Stage
After
a couple of weeks of growing, the larvae will start to change into what looks
like a shrimp. It will find a leaf to attach itself to and it will seem to
fall asleep for a few days, but it is not sleeping at all. During the pupa
stage, the larvae are going through a metamorphosis of a ladybug.
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Adult Ladybug Stage
When the metamorphosis is complete, the skin of the larvae will split
open and the full grown ladybug will emerge, but it still won’t look like the
ladybug that you know so well. It will look soft and pink or very pale for a
couple of hours until its shell hardens. As this happens it also gains
pigment, which causes the ladybug to become bright red.
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kosa kata:
The Life Cycle of a Ladybug
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Ladybug
Much
Through
Same
Stages
Underside
Leaves
Well
Weather
Lay
Hatch
Except
Tiny
Emerge
Mites
Aphids
Plenty
Leaf
Under
Abundance
Enough
Shed their skin
Molt
Molting
Shrimp
Attach
Split
Emerge
Pale
Hardens
Happens
Gains
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