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There are nearly 5,000 different kinds of ladybugs worldwide
here are a few facts about them
A ladybug beats its wings 85 times a second when it flies. (you must have some fuckin eyesight pal) Aphids are a ladybug's favorite food ( If it canny get wan it goes aphids heid) Ladybugs chew from side to side and not up and down like people do. ( nae false teeth then) Ladybugs make a chemical that smells and tastes terrible so that birds and other predators won't eat them. If you squeeze a ladybug it will bite you, but the bite won't hurt. The spots on a ladybug fade as the ladybug gets older. (I don't believe it it's Max Factor) During hibernation, ladybugs feed on their stored fat. (nae need for weight watchers then) Ladybugs won't fly if the temperature is below 55 degrees F (Neither will Easy Jet) The ladybug is the official state insect of Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Tennessee. ( only the fuckin Americans jeeeeesus, a state insect. He got sentenced to the Electric Chair, why, he stood on the state insect) The male ladybug is usually smaller than the female. (A male lady bug sounds like someone Cilla Black would invite to dinner) The Asian Lady Beetle can live up to 2-3 years if the conditions are right. (I wonder if it's name is Yoko) The life cycle of the ladybug is between four to six weeks. In the spring the adults lay up to three hundred eggs in an aphid colony. The eggs hatch in two to five days. The newly hatched larvae feed on aphids for up to three weeks, and then they enter the pupa stage. The adult ladybug emerges about a week later. However, they usually do not have their spots for their first 24 days. (is that when they become teenagers and get all hormonal ) |
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- 2008-06-02 @ 11:05:34
boredrich

blimey I never knew there was so much to ladybirds