The Ladybirds

Ladybirds are amazing little insects.

What is a lady bird?

A ladybird is a small red beetle with black spots. Beetles are part of a large group of animals  called insects. All insects have 6 legs and 3 parts to their body. A ladybird has 2 big eyes and two feelers on its head. It has strong jaws to bite into their food.

Colours and spots.

Ladybirds can be different colours. Some have black spots on red or yellow wings. Other ladybirds have white spots on red wings. The number of spots varies too. Most ladybirds have 7 spots. The smallest number of spots a ladybird is 2- 1 on each wing. Some ladybirds have as many as 22 spots.

Flying around 

A ladybird has 2 pairs of wings which it uses to fly.