Fast Facts:

• Baby ladybugs or larvae look like tiny alligators
• Females lay as many as 300 eggs and they hatch within 1 week
• Ladybugs go through life cycles:egg, larva, pupae & adult
• Changing from larvae into an adult is called metamorphosis
• There are thousands of different species of ladybugs
• In U.S. alone, there are over 150 different kinds
• Ladybugs are symetrical
• Some ladybugs have no spots, some are striped and some are
  red, yellow, orange, or black
• Ladybugs hibernate in large groups when it turns cold
• Some ladybugs can survive all winter under many layers of
  snow
• Ladybugs eat pests that could damage crops and flowers
• Ladybugs eat aphids which are tiny destructive insects
• Ladybugs' bright colors warn birds that they do not taste good
• Ladybugs are Massachusetts' state bug