Ladybug Facts

Ladybug facts for everyone! How much do you know about ladybugs? Here are some interesting facts regarding these cute friendly beetles, so be sure to check them out!

• As ladybugs age, the color of their spots fades.

• Ladybugs are beetles. Not all beetles are ladybugs.

• There are 5000 different varieties of ladybugs in the world.
  

  Ladybugs do not have many natural enemies.

• Ladybugs even use their feet to smell.

• Ladybugs can live up to nine months.

• Ladybugs breathe through openings on the sides of their bodies.

• While flying, a ladybug beats wings 85 times in a sec.

• A ladybug bites if you squeeze it, but the bite doesn’t hurt.

• Ladybugs leak their body fluids when attacked.

• Though most ladybugs eat insects, a few species eat plants and are considered pests.

• In its lifetime, a female ladybug will lay as many as 2,000 eggs.

• A ladybug will use its front legs to clean its head and its antennae.

• A ladybug can retract its head into its body.

• Ladybugs chew their food side to side.

• Ladybugs will play dead when threatened.

• Ladybugs may hibernate indoors but will not reproduce or lay eggs in homes.

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