ON THE LADY BUG

The Lady Bug
Is
Pretty smug
As she flies
In the skies
With her
Bright wings
That go
Whirr
Like flying
Furr.
The Spotted
Lady Bug
Is
Pretty smug
As she flies
In the skies
With bright wings
That go whirr
Like
Flying furr...

Until she lands
And sits
Upon your hands.

Here are some interesting ladybug facts:

• There are nearly 5,000 different kinds of ladybugs worldwide and 400 which live in North America.

• A female ladybug will lay more than 1000 eggs in her lifetime.

• A ladybug beats its wings 85 times a second when it flies.

• A gallon jar will hold from 72,000 to 80,000 ladybugs.

• Ladybugs make a chemical that smells and tastes terrible so that birds and other predators won't eat them.

• The spots on a ladybug fade as the ladybug gets older.

• Ladybugs won't fly if the temperature is below 55 degrees Fahrenheit.

• The ladybug is the official state insect of Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Tennessee.