Structural Adaptations
- Their brightly colored bodies warn potential predators that it is poisonous, even though these beetles are not poisonous.
- Ladybugs also secrete a bad tasting fluid when attacked which makes them an unwanted prey.
- They have hard outer shell to protect them.
- Ladybugs have wings to escape predators.
Behavioral Adaptations
- Ladybug beetles can play dead! When faced with a sticky situation, ladybugs pretend they are dead until the danger passes.
- When the weather turns cold, they look for a warm, secluded place to hibernate, such as in rotting logs, under rocks, or even inside houses. These hibernating colonies can contain thousands of ladybugs.
- Some species migrate to warmer weather.
True or False
1. Ladybugs have hard wing covers that protect their wings and deter predators from eating them.
2. Ladybugs make loud noises to scare away predators.
3. Playing dead helps ladybugs avoid being eaten.
4. Ladybugs ooze toxins from their leg joints that taste bad and make predators sick.
5. When started ladybugs, flash their wings at predators to scare them.
6. Ladybugs camouflage into their surrounding
2. Ladybugs make loud noises to scare away predators.
3. Playing dead helps ladybugs avoid being eaten.
4. Ladybugs ooze toxins from their leg joints that taste bad and make predators sick.
5. When started ladybugs, flash their wings at predators to scare them.
6. Ladybugs camouflage into their surrounding