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…
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…
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…
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…
The technical definition for what ladybugs do in the winter is diapause, as they are cold-blooded insects. This is a very similar state to hibernation, and therefore many people will refer to it as such. What is hibernation? We tend…
Around 90% of the over 5,000 species of ladybugs that live across the globe are thought to eat aphids and other damaging pests. However, many suppliment their diets with small amounts of plant matter, such as nectar. A very small…
