Luminous Ladybugs

I have chosen to post up this blog because I want to show how much information I know about my insect I have chosen. 
 We were learning to write a report and give information.
What I enjoyed the most was when we had to search up facts.
What I found challenging was when I had to put it in the write tense and edit my work to make it better. 
I would combat my challenge by looking at our class poster about how to edit our work and getting use to spotting mistakes.
Luminous Ladybugs

  picture from http://www.giantbomb.com/ladybug/3015-1897/

                                 Types of ladybirds

There are more than 500 kinds of ladybirds in the United States. Ladybugs have a shell that protects their wings called the elytra. They have 2 pairs of wings one of them is at the top and the other one is tucked underneath. Ladybugs belong to the beetle family which is the insect family.

                                       

                                       Nutrition

Ladybugs eat up to 50 green flies a day. They eat with their strong powerful jaws. Their bite are painful. Ladybugs mostly drink water and is sometimes fed aphids. They can’t survive without water. Ladybugs also consume nectar, flower and honeydew.

                                       Excretion

Ladybirds excrete some of their blood as a defence. It is yellow and it smells bad. They also excrete poisonous gas. The gas is black. As you see ladybugs don’t have any enemies because they excrete gas.

  

                                    When you see ladybugs

You only see them in the long warm days and when it is a cold season. When it’s cold they huddle up  together or hide in cracks or in windows. They use their 6 legs to travel around to where they are going.

                                  

Glossary:

aphids - it is a type of bug that feeds by sucking sap from plants.

elytra -  it is a two wings of a beetle (ladybug).

consume - when you eat something that a producer makes.

excrete - when you take out the waste from you.

poisonous - It causes danger to other animals because it makes them die.

defense -  to protect yourself.