Katie Piercy

Katie Piercy

Katie Piercy has worked in the conservation industry for over a decade and has had a wide-ranging and varied career. She has spent time working in a number of different environments and with a range of different animals. Her roles in the UK have included rearing and releasing corncrake (Crex crex) chicks in the Nene Washes, a seasonally flooded area of wet meadows, chasing hen harriers (Circus cyaneus) in the Scottish Uplands and restoring areas of peatland in the West Midlands.

Do Ladybugs Pee? (Explained)

Do Ladybugs pee featured

Ladybugs do not produce a liquid pee as mammals do; they instead make a concentrated version known as uric acid. What many people mistake for pee is actually the ladybug warning them to stay away by expelling some of its…

Do Ladybugs Sleep? (Explained)

Do Ladybirds Sleep featured

Like most animals, ladybugs do sleep. They mainly sleep at night, though they may enter torpor, a state similar to sleep during poor weather conditions in the day. Species Sleep Patterns Asian Lady Beetle Exhibits diurnal activity patterns, typically active…

How to Attract Ladybugs? (Step-By-Step)

How to attract Ladybirds featured

There are many ways to attract ladybugs into your garden. The key things are to provide a tempting bed and breakfast, by giving them plenty of tasty snacks, such as aphids, and places to sleep away the winter, such as…

Are Ladybugs an Insect? (Explained)

Are Ladybugs an Insect featured

Ladybirds are a type of insect. They fit into this group because of their body form, made up of a head, thorax, and abdomen, and because they have six legs and an exoskeleton. What is an insect? The simple answer…

Meadowia.com is a website that teaches enthusiastic nature lovers through immense amounts of meadows-related articles.