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__ Ladybugs - Mrs. Isensee __ Students in Mrs. Isensee's Class are studying Ladybugs. She has ordered the ladybugs and their habitat.

__Essential Questions__: What is a ladybug? Why are ladybugs important? How are they helpful? What is a beetle? Why is a ladybug a beetle?







__ Background Knowledge: __ Ladybugs have spots - Sam Ladybugs can fly! - Elizabeth Ladybugs are different colors - Will They lay eggs - Danica They can bite - Danny They are related to beetles - Daelyn A ladybug is an insect - Jason

__ New Learning: __ Ladybugs have three body parts - Jason That ladybugs can't fly unless it is 55 degrees or warmer - Austin Larva can be purple - Kyle Ladybugs can save crops - C-Jai They have an exoskeleton - Gabriella Ladybugs are beetles, because they have two pairs of wings - Morgan Ladybugs have compound eyes - Daelyn Ladybugs have hundreds of lenses on one eye - Shaunrell Ladybugs can fly 30 mph - Gabriella The ladybugs life cycle has 4 stages (Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult) - Will Um ladybugs can eat up to 100 aphids a day - C-Jai Um Ladybugs can flap their wings 90 times per second Danica You can also call a ladybug a ladybird beetle - Daelyn Ladybugs aren't just ladies, they can be males - Sam The outer wings are called elytra wings, they protect the inner wings - Sam The inner wings are used for flying - Sam Ladybugs have antennas for taste, touch and smell - Everyone Ladybugs are actually not a bug because they have a jaw like mouth instead of a straw mouth - Mrs. Isensee A larva can eat 400 aphids before it is three weeks old - C-Jai Ladybugs play dead when they are attacked to defend themselves - Jason Ladybugs excrete a stinky-sticky liquid that makes attackers go away - Danica The ladybugs color tells predators that it is poisonous - Will / Sam Ladybugs larva molts, sheds its skin - Elizabeth Ladybugs can only shed their skin when they are a larva - Jason Ladybugs hibernate in big groups in the winter - Shaunrell They can be a bunch of different colors (red, pink yellow, white. brown, grey, blue, green, orange, black) - Daelyn Ladybugs can sleep under rocks or in houses during the winter months - Sam

__ What we still wonder: __

How can you tell if it is a type of ladybug that will bite?
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