How incredible is the life cycle of a lady bug. From an egg to an adult bug each bug goes through several dramatic transformations.
A female lady bug hunts tirelessly for the right location to lay her eggs. Not too hot, not too cold. Not too wet but not too dry. Once she finds the perfect spot under a leaf she deposits several small yellow eggs in a group.
2-10 days later the eggs hatch into larva. The wild looking baby lady bug eats tons of aphids for the next 2-4 weeks.
Next the tiny angry looking bug attaches itself to a leaf with its tiny talk and starts to rest. Over the next 7-14 days the bug will slowly transform. The exposed pupa will begin to harden while the inside turns into a liquid like state. Specialized cells use this fluid to build the legs, antennas and all the other parts the adult lady bug will need.
Once finished the harden shell splits open and the adult lady bug crawls out. It usually takes an hour or two before the outer shell hardens and takes on the familiar red and black color.
The first and last images are obviously from shutterstock. The others I captured myself in my little garden. How fascinating!
Heather Congrove 
so great! Thank you, my child and I love learning these details. God is so awesome! Blessings to you and yours.
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You are very welcome! It is so great to know someone else has enjoyed my little fascination. My kids found it super interesting as well! I actually bought adult lady bugs as a natural pest remedy for my garden. I was quite surprised to see the strange spiky critters in my garden and was shocked when I did a little research.
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