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Lady bugs

Lady bugs. By: Lauren Leech. What is the scientific name for a lady bug?. Most people call them lady beetles or lady bugs Scientist call them Coleoptera: Coccinellidae. Pictures of lady bugs and Their Names. Antis mali lady bug. Mulsantia picta lady bug. Hippdamia galcialis.

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Lady bugs

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  1. Lady bugs By: Lauren Leech

  2. What is the scientific name for a lady bug? • Most people call them lady beetles or lady bugs • Scientist call them Coleoptera: Coccinellidae

  3. Pictures of lady bugs and Their Names Antis mali lady bug

  4. Mulsantia picta lady bug

  5. Hippdamia galcialis

  6. Hippdamia tredecimpunctata

  7. Psyllobora vigintmaculata

  8. Cryptoaemus montrouzieri

  9. The appearance of a lady bug • Some lady bug look like beetles • Most lady bugs have spot • Some don’t even have spots • Lady bugs come in a variety of colors

  10. Life cycle of a lady bug • Lady bugs start out by being eggs • Then they are larva • As they grow they get bigger (they are going through the larval stage) • Then they become a pupa • After a long time they become an adult lady bug

  11. Problems lady bugs cause • While it is winter lady bugs sleep under your houses, and when it becomes spring they crawl through cracks and get into your house. • They increase rapidly • Ladybugs develop tiny soft-bodied insects which destroy the hardwood trees.

  12. Benefits of lady bugs • Bugs were eating plants and crops • People were praying for a miracle to happen • Then the lady bugs appeared and started to eat the plant-destroying pests or bugs • The lady bugs saved the peoples crops from being destroyed

  13. Is there a golden lady bug? • No • It is a beetle • The beetle changes color depending on the liquid layer • In the winter, the beetles are more of an orange, brownish color • if u try 2 keep one as a pet it will turn dark brown as it dries, and soon lose its golden color

  14. Sources • http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/predators/ladybintro.html • http://www.ladybuglady.com/ScienceFair.htm

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