We have a plastic children's picnic table in our backyard. While we were outside playing, we found several things crawling on the table. There were a few lady bugs:
Then there were these:
Ugly, spiky, black and orange bugs. What are they, I wondered? The answer: lady bug larvae! Those cute insects that everyone loves start out like this? It is really quite amazing how different stages of the same insect can look so different.
Here's a better closeup:
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Ladybugs have 4 stages in their life cycle. Females lay around 10-15 eggs on the underside of leaves. They are small and yellow. About a week later, they will hatch into larvae that feed on aphids or tiny mites. This stage has been described as looking like tiny alligators. In a few weeks, they begin to change again into pupa. At this point, they will attach themselves to a leaf and go through the metamorphosis into a ladybug.
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