The Life Cycle of a Ladybird

1. The Life Cycle of a Ladybird By Caitlin and Kourtney

2. Contents Page Introduction The life cycle Stage1-eggs Stage2-larva Stage3-pupa Stage4-adult ladybird Glossary

3. Introduction A ladybird is a minibeast that flys and crawls also has 6 legs. This slide tells you about how ladybirds eggs grow into a ladybird. This is called the life cycle of a ladybird.

4. The life cycle

5. Stage1- eggs Ladybirds egg are shaped like a football. She lays her eggs on a plant and are Very small. A ladybirds eggs are yellow. leaf eggs

6. Stage2-larva The Larva emerges in 2-6 days. The ladybirds hatch and feed on aphids. leaf Larva

7. Stage3-pupa The growing ladybird gose into a pupa and stays In it for a week while it transforms into a ladybird. Leaf pupa

8. Stage4-adult ladybird Ladybirds do not any spots at the beginning but grow 2-6 spots in a year. There are many generations hatched in a year. wings ladybird

9. Glossary • Aphids – little bugs that ladybirds eat. • Hatch – when a little bug is ready to be born • Pupa-the form that an insect takes when it changes from a larva into an adult • Tranforms – something that changes