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=**Two Spotted Lady Bugs**= by Taylor Hailes


 * INTRODUCTION **

For my project I have chosen to do the Two Spotted Lady Bug. It only has two spots. It is more rare than the ones you find flying around in the garden. ANATOMY ** The Two Spotted Ladybug is built the same way as common Ladybugs. It is made up of three main body parts – an abdomen, head and a thorax. In total a ladybeetle has eight parts to its body and has six legs. On each wing there is a dot/s and if you cut it in half it would be symmetrical. Most Ladybugs are red but some are black and what is even weirder is that some are black with two spots.


 * HABITAT **

If you look at the red spots on the map you will see where the two spotted Ladybugs live. The Ladybug likes it in lots of different habitats – wetlands, forests, grasslands and even house gardens. They like moist places. You can find ladybugs all over the world because the whole world is moist

Ladybugs live for eight to ten months. They start out from little tiny eggs to larvae then to a pupal and finally they turn into an adult. Their size range is eight to ten millimeters.
 * LIFE CYCLE **

Ladybugs are predators. They eat other insects. They like to eat aphids, and other insects with soft bodies like mites, white flies and scale insects such as spider mites and mealy bugs. Some ladybugs are “vegetarian” and only eat fungi – mushrooms! A few types eat plants, which can make them a pest but mainly they eat aphids and this is a pest so often ladybugs are called a gardener’s best friend.
 * DIET **

The main predator of the ladybug is birds. Also assassin bugs and stink bugs like to eat them. A ladybug will play dead if it feels threatened and scared.
 * PREDATORS **


 * DID YOU KNOW?? **


 * Because Ladybugs eat lots of aphids and other pest insects, many gardeners and farmers use them for pest control instead of chemicals.
 * A Ladybug can lay up to 1000 eggs in its lifetime.
 * Not all Ladybugs have spots.
 * Ladybugs will clean themselves after a meal.
 * Ladybugs come in many colors like pink, yellow, white, orange and black.
 * Not all ladybugs are female – there are equal amounts of boy and girl ladybugs.
 * Ladybugs make a chemical that smells and tastes bad so predators won’t eat them. [[image:image_title.jpg]]
 * Ladybugs hibernate in large groups in cold weather.
 * Many countries consider a ladybug to be a sign of good luck.
 * Ladybugs are actually beetles, so sometimes are called Ladybeetles.
 * The bright colors of Ladybugs warn birds that they don’t taste good.
 * The spots on a Ladybug fade as they get older.

The ladybug is a weird creature but it actually helps control the spread of aphids in your garden. It is a predator found all over the world. It’s largest predator is birds who like to eat them. The two spotted ladybug isn’t the most common variety – there are over 500 kinds of ladybugs.
 * CONCLUSION **

I hope you liked my wiki and I hope you like this funny video. Ladybug vs spider. Taylor

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