Ladybugs

Last Friday, KDH children put the adult ladybugs that we had grown in our ladybug land into our garden. Ask a KDH child, "Why are ladybugs good to have in a garden?" They will tell you, "Ladybugs eat the aphids that destroy the plants."

There are four stages in the life of a ladybug: eggs, larva/grubs, pupa and adult ladybug. KDH got the ladybugs in the larva stage. We put them in our ladybug land and documented their growth daily. After the ladybugs emerged from the pupa stage, we fed them a raisin. It was fun to put them in the garden. Menny saw the second set of wings that they use to fly! Ari and Benjamin exclaimed that they hoped they would not fly away from our garden. 

We have squash, potatoes, peas, pole beans and pepper plants in our garden. Ladybugs would certainly help assure that we have a good harvest. 

Morah Ruth