Ladybug Anatomy

The antennae are one of the body parts other than eyes and mouthparts. Like all insects ladybirds have six jointed legs.

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When it is still the elytra closes up.

Ladybug anatomy. Like all beetles ladybugs are insects and have 6 legs a head thorax and an abdomen. When a ladybug flies its elytra move to the side to expose transparent wings. Not every ladybug.

The outer hard shell of the ladybug is actually wing covers called elytra. The lady bug can not see very well but does have two eyes. The head is so tiny it can sometimes be mistaken for the pronotum.

When ladybirds fly the elytra opens up to allow movement of the wings. They can not see in color. The head on these ladybugs also has two small white spot markings.

The pronotum is the part. In general the head of a coccinellid is wider than it is long. Main parts of the ladybug anatomy head.

A ladybug has two eyes but it doesnt see very well. They eat by chewing with their teeth. Anatomy of a ladybug.

The ladybugs head is round and thin and includes the ladybugs mouth eyes and antennae. Mouth parts outlined in fig2. This is used to help the ladybug smell taste and feel its way around.

It is responsible for protecting the ladybugs very small head the two white spots seen on the 7 spotted ladybug images below on both sides look like eyes but actually the eyes are on the ladybugs tiny little head. The antenna is what helps a ladybug smell taste and feel its way around. The head is a round shape and it includes the mouth eyes and antenna.

The head of a ladybird is very tiny although the females head is larger than the males. Ladybugs have compound eyes which are very well developed.

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