Ladybug Lab Report
Introduction:
Coccinellidae, which is more familiar known as the ladybug, comes from a family of small beetles. However, one may jump to conclusions after hearing their names, but ladybugs are not all females! Their color ranges from a red to a reddish-orange and even to a yellow color along with black spots on their hard-shell wing covers. Even though they are small bugs, they are very predatory. The ladybug’s mouth includes mandibles which is another word for their strong jaws (Hussain, et al., 2014). Ladybugs use their antennae to touch and taste their possible diets around them. Ladybugs are very helpful for farmers and the general public in regards to controlling the pests that cover crops and plants. Their preferred diets include insects such as like mites, white flies, and aphids. Aphids are small, green, little minute bugs that …show more content…
We set a timer for twenty minutes. At the twenty-minute mark, we collected the ladybugs and counted the consumed, dead and living aphids remaining. There were thirteen living aphids, two dead aphids, and five missing/consumed aphids. We constructed this same experiment for ladybug feeding in the dark. However, for this trial, we built a black construction papered wall around the two-part clear container. As it is shown in Figure 1.2. At the end of the twenty-minute mark, all twenty aphids were still living. Figure 1.2
Figure 1.2 This figure shows the black constructed paper box that we used to cover the clear two-part container for the second trial of the dark environment.
Next, we decided to change the experiment a little. We wanted to test if different colors of light, has an effect on ladybug feeding. We set up two lamps; one with red lighting and the other with blue lighting. Again, we set up two two-part clear containers with four ladybugs and twenty aphids. This is shown in the Figure 1.3. Figure
Coccinellidae, which is more familiar known as the ladybug, comes from a family of small beetles. However, one may jump to conclusions after hearing their names, but ladybugs are not all females! Their color ranges from a red to a reddish-orange and even to a yellow color along with black spots on their hard-shell wing covers. Even though they are small bugs, they are very predatory. The ladybug’s mouth includes mandibles which is another word for their strong jaws (Hussain, et al., 2014). Ladybugs use their antennae to touch and taste their possible diets around them. Ladybugs are very helpful for farmers and the general public in regards to controlling the pests that cover crops and plants. Their preferred diets include insects such as like mites, white flies, and aphids. Aphids are small, green, little minute bugs that …show more content…
We set a timer for twenty minutes. At the twenty-minute mark, we collected the ladybugs and counted the consumed, dead and living aphids remaining. There were thirteen living aphids, two dead aphids, and five missing/consumed aphids. We constructed this same experiment for ladybug feeding in the dark. However, for this trial, we built a black construction papered wall around the two-part clear container. As it is shown in Figure 1.2. At the end of the twenty-minute mark, all twenty aphids were still living. Figure 1.2
Figure 1.2 This figure shows the black constructed paper box that we used to cover the clear two-part container for the second trial of the dark environment.
Next, we decided to change the experiment a little. We wanted to test if different colors of light, has an effect on ladybug feeding. We set up two lamps; one with red lighting and the other with blue lighting. Again, we set up two two-part clear containers with four ladybugs and twenty aphids. This is shown in the Figure 1.3. Figure