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Ladybug Life Cycle Worksheet

Read the short information, study the life-cycle picture, and answer the questions. In Aotearoa New Zealand, these beetles are often called ladybirds as well as ladybugs.

Read: A helpful garden beetle

A ladybird begins life as an egg. A female lays a cluster of tiny eggs, often on a leaf near food. A larva hatches from each egg. It has a long body and eats small insects such as aphids as it grows. Next, the larva becomes a pupa. The pupa stays attached to a plant while its body changes. At last, an adult ladybird emerges. The adult can lay eggs, and the cycle can begin again. Ladybirds can help plants because many eat aphids, which feed on plants.

1.How many main stages are in a ladybird's life cycle?
  • Two
  • Three
  • Four
  • Six
2.Choose the life-cycle order that starts with an egg.
  • Egg → pupa → larva → adult
  • Egg → larva → pupa → adult
  • Larva → adult → egg → pupa
  • Adult → pupa → egg → larva
3.A ladybird egg hatches. What stage comes next?
4.Fill in the two missing stages: egg → → → adult.
5.Match each life-cycle stage with what happens during it.
  • Egg
  • Larva
  • Pupa
  • Adult
  • The body changes while attached to a plant.
  • A tiny egg is laid on a plant.
  • The fully grown ladybird can lay eggs.
  • A growing insect hatches and eats.
6.A ladybird larva eats small insects such as aphids as it grows.
TrueFalse
7.Why can ladybirds be helpful to plants? Give one reason from the reading.
8.Which stage comes just before the adult emerges?
  • Egg
  • Larva
  • Pupa
  • Aphid
9.In one or two sentences, explain why a ladybird's life is called a cycle.
Draw the four stages in order. Add arrows to show what happens next, and label each stage: egg, larva, pupa, adult.

3 printable pages

  • Ladybug Life Cycle Worksheet, page 1 of 3: Read: A helpful garden beetle

    Page 1

  • Ladybug Life Cycle Worksheet, page 2 of 3: 5. Match each life-cycle stage with what happens during it.

    Page 2

  • Ladybug Life Cycle Worksheet, page 3 of 3: Draw the four stages in order. Add arrows to show what happens next, and label each

    Page 3

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