FACTS An Informational Powerpoint for Elementary Students Created

FACTS An Informational Powerpoint for Elementary Students Created by Heather Galligan

Everything you want to know about Ladybugs… • • The Basics Body Parts Habitat Foods they eat Ladybugs as Food Life Cycle Fun Facts Hotlist of Ladybug Resources

LADYBUG BASICS • There about 5, 000 different kinds • Ladybugs are insects • They are a type of beetle – and are sometimes called Ladybeetles • They are usually red or orange with black spots or black with red spotted wings

LADYBUG BODY PARTS • Six jointed legs • One pair of antennas • 3 body sections – Head – Thorax – Abdomen legs antenna head thorax abdomen

LADYBUG HABITATS • • • Fields Forests Grasslands Gardens Inside People’s Homes Habitat – a place where animals live and grow

WHAT DO LADYBUGS EAT? • Aphids are ladybugs’ favorite food. an aphid • They also help farmers by eating other garden pests.

LADYBUGS AS FOOD? • Birds enjoy eating ladybugs. • Ladybugs avoid predators by – Playing dead – Making a bad tasting and smelling chemical Predator – an animal that hunts and eats another animals

LADYBUG LIFE CYCLE • 1 st stage – egg (hatches after 3 -7 days) • 2 nd stage – larva (2 -4 weeks) • 3 rd stage – pupa (5 -7 days) • 4 th stage – adult (a few months)

FUN FACTS • Their wings flap 85 times per second • Their spots fade as they get older • They hibernate and live off stored fat • Males are smaller than females • 4 ladybugs were sent to space for an experiment in 1999 - and survived!

LADYBUG HOTLIST http: //www. enchantedlearning. com/subjects/insects/Ladybug. shtml This Enchanted Learning Link has tons of facts about ladybugs and exciting activities related to ladybugs. http: //www. geocities. com/Athens/Atrium/5924/ladybugfacts. htm This site by Mrs. Seagraves has a ton of information, activities, and resources about ladybugs. http: //webtech. kennesaw. edu/jcheek 3/ladybugs. htm You can find tons of info and activities on this Ladybug Website created by Jerrie S. Cheeks.