While ladybugs eat mainly aphids and scale insects, they also depend on pollen as a food source.
Ladybug Facts
The black spots on their wings fade as they age
Ladybug wings move very quickly, like a hummingbird’s, as much as 85 times per second in flight
A ladybug can live for up to three years
The male ladybug is smaller than the female
Long ago, doctors used mashed-up ladybugs to cure toothaches
The Swiss call ladybugs “Good God’s Little Fairy”
The Ladybug is the state insect in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Delaware, Tennessee and Ohio
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