Ladybugs aren't the only insects that go through complete metamorphosis! See if you can find different life stages of other insects, like cocoons of butterflies or moths, and note them in your findings. Note the time, date, and weather on your worksheet or in your journal if you want to repeat this activity in a different location or on a different day. Using the Ladybug Metamorphosis Scavenger Hunt Worksheet (or your own nature journal), put a tally mark next to each stage you see to document your findings. You can use the "helpful hints" below to get some clues on where to look! Remember, the garden is a home to these insects, so please touch plants gently - we don't want to hurt them or animals living on them. A female ladybug lays her eggs on a leaf and those eggs will hatch anywhere from three to ten days after they are laid. From egg to adult the cycle will last about a month and a half. The egg, the larvae, the pupa and the adult lady bug. If you can safely explore outdoors, go outside and look on and under leaves to see how many different stages of ladybug metamorphosis you can find. There are four stages to a ladybug’s life cycle. Each species of insect has different looking eggs, larva, pupa, and adult stages. Note: The diagram only depicts the four distinct stages of complete metamorphosis and represents a generic bug. Adults mate and lay eggs, starting the cycle again! Finally, out of the pupa emerges an adult.Pupas are the ‘teenage’ stage and they are "resting" in one place. The larva is a ‘kid’ stage - it usually moves around and eats a lot (if you were a bug, you would be a larva right now)! Next, the egg hatches and out comes a larva.First, the insect is an egg: this is the ‘baby'. They stay in one place and grow.
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