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Why does a ladybug have spots?

Kids learn about ladybugs at Children’s Learning Garden
Liz White, a certified Pennsylvania master naturalist, releases a loveliness of ladybugs in the Children’s Learning Garden in Stango Park in Lewes July 22. NICK ROTH PHOTO
Nick Roth
August 11, 2016
A ladybug reaches the summit. NICK ROTH PHOTO
Nicholas Petito, 6, and his sister Julia, 3, check out the ladybugs in the Children’s Learning Garden. NICK ROTH PHOTO
More than two dozen children met in Stango Park to take part in Ladybug Day at the Children’s Learning Garden. NICK ROTH
Liz White, a certified master naturalist, shows how some plant-eating insects can harm a garden. Ladybugs are the natural enemy of many plant-eaters. NICK ROTH PHOTO
Alllie Williams, 3, of Lewes, poses for a photo after completing her ladybug hat. NICK ROTH PHOTO
Nina Uhrich, 5, of Marylnad, checks out a ladybug. NICK ROTH PHOTO
Naomi Uhrich, 5, of Maryland is joyed as a ladybug crawls up her arm. NICK ROTH PHOTO
Thousands of ladybugs were released in the Children’s Learning Garden July 22. NICK ROTH PHOTO
Juliet Slot, 3, of Milton, investigates a ladybug. NICK ROTH PHOTO

Why do ladybugs have spots? Why are ladybugs important? These are some of the questions that were answered at the Lewes Public Library’s Children’s Learning Garden July 22.

The ladybug is not actually a bug at all; rather, they are beetles. One of their main purposes is to consume plant-eating insects, making them very helpful to gardens. They can consume up to 5,000 aphids – small sap-sucking insects - in their lifetime. Their color and spots are a defense mechanism to ward off potential predators. Not all ladybugs have the same number of spots, and it is a myth that the number of spots equals its age.

More than 30 children attended the program, helping release 30,000 ladybugs into the garden. For more information, go to www.lewesinbloom.org/gardens/childrens-learning-garden. 

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