Ladybugs

Did you ever see a little red and black beetle crawling along your window sill? It is probably a lady beetle or a ladybird beetle or just a ladybug as most people call them. On the next couple of pages on this web site are going to explain many interesting characteristics and the main lifestyle of ladybugs. There are many kinds of ladybugs, but most species of ladybugs are among most beneficial insects as they consume huge number of plant feeding insects--mostly aphids. Ladybugs belong to the beetle family, cocinellidale which means "little sphere". There are probably as mant as 4,000 species found world-wide and over 350 kinds are found in North America. There are many kinds of ladybugs in the world which are pictured below.

Identification of Ladybugs

Habitat of a Ladybug

How Ladybugs Protect Themselves from Prey

Metamorphis Satge and Food Consumed by a Ladybug

Pictures of Ladybugs

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