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Ladybug Life Cycle Stages Set

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The life cycle of the lady beetle (Hippodamia convergens) is one year. Eggs, laid in the spring, develop into darkish gray larvae with orange spots. The soft-bodied, carrot-shaped, spiny larvae appear quite unlike the round, hard-bodied adults, yet both have a voracious appetite for aphids. It has been claimed that a convergent lady beetle is capable of eating more than 50 aphids a day when actively feeding.

Adult lady beetles appear during the first week of June. They are active crawlers and fliers and can disperse nearly 5 miles in as little as 3 days. Throughout the spring and autumn, adults are abundant in the fields. However, as winter approaches they migrate to the mountains, where they congregate in large numbers priorto winter hibernation.

For about 9 months while in the mountains, the adults do not feed, but live off stored fat. The ability to undergo long periods of fasting under cool temperatures has allowed humans to conveniently store H. convergens under refrigeration for months.

Grade K and up. Use these soft plastic figures to teach how ladybugs grow and develop. Accurately sculpted and colorfully painted, the figures show the 4 stages in the life cycle of the ladybug: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.