Last week, I had to prepare an oral report about any insect or animal, so I decided to make my presentation about mariquitas, or ladybugs.
But the researchers still don't know how exactly sunlight or temperature influence ladybugs' color.
Another interesting thing I learned is that when the baby ladybugs hatch, they eat 30 aphids (a kind of insect) per day.
The kids had fun learning about different insects such as bees, beetles, horsefly, ants, butterflies, ladybugs and spiders.
When I was a little girl I used to spend hours looking for ladybugs. Finally, I'd just give up and fall asleep in the grass. When I woke up, they were crawling all over me. 當我還是個小女孩的時候，我常常花好幾個小時尋找瓢蟲，到最後我只好放棄並在草叢裏睡着了。當我醒來的時候，它們在我身上到處爬。
Besides, our environmental friendly farming methods have created a habitat for the growth of beneficial insects such as ladybugs and spiders which are the natural predators of pests.
In the United States there are 17 species of ladybugs.
In 1999, NASA sent ladybugs and aphids up in the space shuttle to test their movements in zero gravity.
Day bloomers are after birds, bees, butterflies, and ladybugs; night bloomers are visited by moths, crickets, katydids, and small mammals.
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