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Beneficial Insects

Beneficial Insects. By: Antonio Mesta And Mario H islop. Ladybug( Coccinellidae ). The ladybug is one of the most popular beneficial insects it feeds on bugs like aphids that are very harmful to farmers crops and are a good alternative to pesticides that can harm the crops. Food source.

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Beneficial Insects

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  1. Beneficial Insects By: Antonio Mesta And Mario Hislop

  2. Ladybug(Coccinellidae) • The ladybug is one of the most popular beneficial insects it feeds on bugs like aphids that are very harmful to farmers crops and are a good alternative to pesticides that can harm the crops

  3. Food source • Ladybugs diet consists of mites pollen water and aphids ladybugs in their small lifetime can eat up to 5000 aphids

  4. Lifespan • Ladybugs although seeming small and frail live up to a year in the wild

  5. Beneficial • Ladybugs are beneficial because they eat crop eating bugs like aphids from farmers crop

  6. Harmful effects • Some harmful things ladybugs do is leaving toxic on animals they also lay hundreds of eggs on their colonies so they can infest an area rather quickly

  7. References • Alampi, Philip. "Beneficial Insects." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 08 Feb. 2012. Web. 16 Aug. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneficial_insects>. • Jones, Randi. "Ladybug Eggs Picture." Ladybug Eggs Picture. Lady Bug Lady, n.d. Web. 16 Aug. 2012. <http://www.ladybuglady.com/ladybugmating-2.html>. • Touzon, Raul. "Ladybugs." National Geographic. National Geographic, Nov.-Dec. 2009. Web. Aug.-Sept. 2012. <http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/ladybug/>. • "It's A Bug Eat Bug World!" Beneficial Insects 101. Benefical Insects 101, n.d. Web. 16 Aug. 2012. <http://beneficialinsects101.com/>.

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