Wow! I didn't know that ladybugs come from a phylum called Arthropoda?

Ladybugs come from the kingdom of Animalia. Their Phylum is Arthropoda and their class is insecta. The order of the ladybugs are called coleoptera. They belong to the family of coccinellidae.

Their common name is Ladybug, their scientific name is coccinellidae. They are found everywhere around the world.

They are carnivorous, which means that some creatures eat other creatures. There are 5,000 ladybugs species in the world.

Ladybugs live on leaves or in the bushes.

Ladybugs bleed when they are threatened. They also pretend to die, when they see their predators. Their predators are people, birds and spiders. They find their food by flying around and when they find food they go and get it before another ladybug gets it.

Some ladybugs have different coloured spots but some of them don’t have any spots. Ladybugs are beetles they are not bugs. The “ Lady” in the ladybug refers to Virgin Mary. A ladybug’s bright colours, warns their predators to stay away from them. Ladybugs practise cannibalism and can eat up to 50 aphid a day.

Ladybugs lay their eggs on a leaf, the colour of the egg is yellow but as the egg matures, it turns white.

Ladybugs are Insects that help our environment because they eat them so that are not attacking the plants and vegetation.

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