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Old 10-07-2003, 09:37 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Anyone know about the diet of a Ladybug.

Well, it's getting to be cold here in Wisconsin, which means the bugs start looking for warm places to survive. Today was insane actually, it was around 75 degrees after a steady cooling period, it got real cold for a while. Today every single pole, fence, tree, sign, etc, I walked past had spider webs flowing from them; the spiders were trying to swing to things to connect to and make webs. Young queen ants were taking off all over the place too.
But the ladybugs were looking for places to crawl into and hide, or something. I could see their shadows on my window. So many of them flying around out there. They found a way into my dorm room... I eventually found it and covered it. I don't have the heat to kill the poor things, so I was letting them go outside in the hallway... I know they won't survive but it's better than letting them die in my room.
Anyway, the last one that made it through the hole, I have in a tupperware with the crumbies of carmel popcorn and peanuts. Any chance this unfortunate soul could survive on this?
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Old 10-08-2003, 01:06 AM   #2 (permalink)
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ladybugs eat aphides i think.
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Old 10-08-2003, 01:36 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Some ladybug facts

There are nearly 5,000 different kinds of ladybugs worldwide and 400 which live in North America.

A female ladybug will lay more than 1000 eggs in her lifetime.

A ladybug beats its wings 85 times a second when it flies.

Aphids are a ladybug's favorite food.

Ladybugs chew from side to side and not up and down like people do.

A gallon jar will hold from 72,000 to 80,000 ladybugs.

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.

During hibernation, ladybugs feed on their stored fat.

Ladybugs won't fly if the temperature is below 55 degrees Fahrenheit.

The ladybug is the official state insect of Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Tennessee.

The male ladybug is usually smaller than the female.

The Asian Lady Beetle can live up to 2-3 years if the conditions are right.

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 hours of adulthood.
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Old 10-08-2003, 02:34 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Try painting the popcorn to look like an aphid? But, sadly, I think your ladybird is on its way out... they don't live long anyway
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Old 10-08-2003, 03:16 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Just like a lady, always on a diet. ;^)
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Old 10-08-2003, 04:27 AM   #6 (permalink)
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As Jadzia pointed out, they hibernate.
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Old 10-08-2003, 05:35 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Dude i have no idea, sorry.
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Old 10-08-2003, 08:42 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Ladybugs make a chemical that smells and tastes terrible so that birds and other predators won't eat them.
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Ha, I like that smell.
Ah, whatever, I don't care. I feel dumb for asking.
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Old 10-09-2003, 09:26 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Hey neato -- Try feeding these to your little friend....



They should hold the little bugger over for awhile...
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