Ladybird

There are 44 species of Ladybird. One species is a plant eater (herbivore), the rest are meat eaters (carnivores). They hibernate in the winter. The larvae are slate blue in colour. Sometimes swarms of ladybirds are seen, a great help to the gardener but a little painful in large numbers because they can nip!

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Ladybirds eat:

greenfly (aphids) and other small insects.

Ladybirds are eaten by:

birds, badgers, shrews, other small mammals.

Group: Insecta