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Enjoy these poems from Mrs. Koroll's students in
Division 13, James Hill School, Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Ladybugs by Justin

L is for lay. Ladybugs can lay eggs under a leaf.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs love to eat juicy aphids on your plants.

D is for dots. Ladybugs have lots of dots, up to 19.

Y is for yummy. Ladybugs love to eat insects. They think they are yummy.

B is for biggest. The biggest ladybug is the 19 spotted.

U is for unusual. Ladybugs are unusual because they have two sets of wings.

G is for grass. Ladybugs like to climb to the top of the grass.

S is for spray. Ladybugs spray stuff if a predator comes.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Mitchell

L is for lay. Ladybugs can lay eggs under a leaf.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs love to eat juicy aphids on your plants.

D is for different. Ladybugs can be different colours, such as black, red, yellow, orange, and gray.

Y is for yummy. Ladybugs like to eat yummy aphids.

B is for beetles. Ladybugs are beetles that like gardens and plants.

U is for under. Ladybugs lay their eggs under a big leaf.

G is for garden. Ladybugs like very big gardens with lots of plants.

S is for spray. Ladybugs have stinky spray to scare away predators.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Ashley

L is for larva. A larva is the second stage of a ladybug's life.

A is for adult. After the ladybug comes out of the pupa, it becomes yellow with no spots.

D is for dots. Ladybugs have black or red or yellow dots.

Y is for yellow. Ladybugs' eggs are yellow.

B is for bigger. Some ladybugs are bigger than others.

U is for unusual. Some ladybugs are very, very unusual.

G is for garden. You can find lots of ladybugs in the garden.

S is for spray. Ladybugs spray stinky stuff from their legs for protection.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Jason

L is for leaf. A ladybug lays the eggs underneath a leaf.

A is for adult. The adult is the fourth stage in the ladybug's life cycle.

D is for dots. Ladybugs have red or orange and black dots.

Y is for yummy. Aphids are yummy for ladybugs.

B is for beetles. Beetles and ladybugs are all in the same family.

U is for usual. The usual ladybug is the 19 Spotted Lady Beetle.

G is for garden. The ladybug helps the farmers' gardens because it eats the aphids on the leaves.

S is for squirt. The ladybug squirts juice at its predators.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Ryan

L is for ladybugs. Ladybugs have four stages to their life cycle.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs love to eat aphids on your plants.

D is for dinner. Ladybugs love to have aphids for dinner.

Y is for yummy. Ladybugs think aphids are yummy to eat.

B is for birds. Birds don't like ladybugs because they taste bad.

U is for useful. Ladybugs are useful to farmers.

G is for garden. Ladybugs help people with their garden.

S is for stinky. Ladybugs spray stinky stuff out of their legs.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Steve

L is for lay. Ladybugs can lay eggs underneath leaves.

A is for adult. Ladybugs go through four stages and one is adult.

D is for different. Ladybugs are different colours and even shapes.

Y is for yucky. Birds and other animals don't like to eat ladybugs because they taste yucky.

B is for beetle. Ladybugs are in the beetle family.

U is for under. Ladybugs like to diapause under a leaf.

G is for garden. Ladybugs like to eat aphids out of the garden.

S is for scale. Ladybugs love to eat scale insects.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Dayton

L is for lay. Ladybugs can lay eggs under a leaf.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs love to eat juicy aphids.

D is for different. Ladybugs have different colours and have lots of spots.

Y is for yummy. Ladybugs aren't yummy because they squirt juices.

B is for beetles. Ladybugs are beetles that can fly.

U is for usually. Usually ladybugs eat aphids and help farmers.

G is for good. Ladybugs are good for farmers.

S is for smaller. Ladybugs are smaller than a grape.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Heidi

L is for lay. Ladybugs can lay eggs under a leaf.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs like to eat green aphids.

D is for delicious. Ladybugs think that scale insects are delicious.

Y is for yellow. Ladybugs lay yellow eggs under a leaf.

B is for beetle. Ladybugs are beetles that like to eat aphids.

U is for under. Ladybugs like to mate under a leaf.

G is for grass. Ladybugs like to climb on the long grass.

S is for spray. Ladybugs love to spray birds if they try to eat them.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Melissa

L is for lay. Ladybugs can lay eggs under a leaf.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs love to eat juicy aphids on your plants.

D is for dinner. Ladybugs like to eat tiny insects called aphids for dinner.

Y is for yellow. Ladybugs may be black, red, orange, or yellow.

B is for beetle. Ladybugs belong to the beetle family.

U is for usual. The usual ladybug is the 19 Spotted Lady Beetle.

G is for garden. Ladybugs are good for the garden because they eat insects.

S is for spots. Ladybugs can have many spots on their backs.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Tyler

L is for lay. Ladybugs can lay eggs under a leaf.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs love to eat juicy aphids on your plants.

D is for different. There are different kinds of ladybugs in the world.

Y is for yellow. There is a yellow ladybug that has 14 spots on it.

B is for beetle. Ladybugs are in the beetle family because they are a beetle.

U is for under. When the ladybug lays eggs she puts them under a leaf.

G is for grass. Ladybugs like to eat green aphids on the green grass.

S is for spray. Ladybugs spray stuff out of their legs to keep predators away.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Christina

L is for lay. Ladybugs can lay eggs under a leaf.

A is adult ladybugs. Adult ladybugs like their aphids juicy.

D is for different. Ladybugs are different from each other.

Y is for yummy. Ladybugs love yummy juicy aphids for dinner.

B is for bigger. The larva's body grows bigger 3 or 4 times.

U is for usually. Usually ladybugs lay their eggs under a leaf.

G is for garden. Ladybugs like to eat aphids in the garden.

S is for smaller. Ladybugs are smaller than a grape.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Amanda

L is for larvae. The larvae hatch and eat the aphids.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs love to eat juicy aphids on your plants.

D is for different. Ladybugs are different colours like red, orange, and yellow.

Y is for yellow. Some ladybugs are yellow, red, gray, black, or orange.

B is for baby. First the ladybug baby is a larva and soon it will be a ladybug.

U is for under. Some ladybugs stay under leaves for the winter.

G is for grass. The ladybug likes to be in the grass and they like to climb on the grass too.

S is for spots. Ladybugs will have a lot of spots or some spots.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Erik

L is for larvae. Larvae are the second stage of the ladybug's life cycle.

A is for adult. Adult ladybugs are the last stage of the ladybug's life cycle.

D is for dots. Ladybugs have different numbers of dots.

Y is for yellow. Ladybugs can be yellow and black too.

B is for bug. Ladybugs are in the bug family.

U is for ugly. Some ladybugs are very ugly.

G is for garden. Ladybugs like to walk in the garden.

S is for six. Some ladybugs have six spots on their back.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Emilie

L is for larvae. Eggs hatch into larvae that molt 3 or 4 times and then go into a pupa.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs love to eat aphids to help farmers.

D is for diapause. In the winter ladybugs have a diapause.

Y is for yummy. Ladybugs are not yummy to birds because they taste bad.

B is for beetle. A ladybug is a certain kind of beetle.

U is for ugly. Larvae are ugly when they molt!

G is for grass. Ladybugs walk on the grass and fly off.

S is for sticky. Ladybug eggs are sticky so they can stick on the bottom of the leaf.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Charles

L is for larva. A larva is the second stage of a ladybug's life.

A is for aphids. Aphids are a ladybug's favourite food.

D is for dots. Ladybugs can have lots of dots or not much dots.

Y is for yummy. Aphids taste yummy to a ladybug and that is good for farmers.

B is for beetles. A ladybug is really a beetle. That is why people call them lady beetles.

U is for unusual. Ladybugs can have unusual kinds of spots.

G is for garden. Ladybugs eat aphids out of gardens and plants.

S is for spotted. There can be lots of spotted ladybugs or lady beetles.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Jack

L life cycle. Ladybugs have four stages in their life cycle.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs love to eat juicy aphids.

D is for dots. Ladybugs have lots of dots on their backs.

Y is for yucky. Ladybugs taste yucky to birds.

B is for beetle. Ladybugs are part of the beetle family.

U is for under. Ladybugs hide under leaves when they're sleeping.

G is for grass. Ladybugs like to climb grass to look for aphids.

S is for small. Ladybugs are very small beetles.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Andrew

L is for larvae. Larvae look like little black insects.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs love to eat aphids and that is their favourite food.

D is for deadly. Birds think ladybugs are deadly because they taste bad.

Y is for yummy. Ladybugs think aphids are yummy.

B is for birds. Birds don't like ladybugs because they taste bad.

U is for useful. Ladybugs are useful to farmers.

G is for garden. Ladybugs help people with their garden by eating aphids.

S is for stinky. Ladybugs spray stinky stuff out of their legs.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Laura

L is for lovely. Ladybugs are lovely because they have bright colours.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs love juicy aphids to eat.

D is for dots. Ladybugs have different kinds of dots.

Y is for yummy. Ladybugs think aphids are yummy to eat.

B is for bug. Ladybugs are a very pretty kind of bug.

U is for usually. Ladybugs usually spray their predators with some stinky stuff.

G is for guests. Ladybugs have very tasty guests sometimes and they are called aphids.

S is for spray. Ladybugs spray their predators with some stinky stuff.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Sherri

L is for larva. A larva is the second stage of the ladybug's life.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs love to eat juicy aphids on your plants.

D is for different. Ladybugs can be different colours.

Y is for yummy. Ladybugs like to eat yummy aphids.

B is for beetle. Ladybugs are in the beetle family.

U is for under. Ladybugs lay eggs under a leaf where there are a lot of aphids.

G is for grass. Ladybugs are so small they are hard to find on the grass.

S is for spray. Ladybugs spray yellow stuff out of their legs.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Hillary

L is for legs. Ladybugs use their legs to climb trees.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs love to eat juicy aphids on your trees.

D is for different. Ladybugs have different colours.

Y is for yellow. Ladybugs are yellow sometimes.

B is for bugs. Ladybugs don't really eat bugs.

U is for under. Ladybugs like to lay eggs under leaves.

G is for grass. Ladybugs like to climb grass up to the tip of the grass.

S is for small. Ladybugs are very small so they could hide.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

Ladybugs by Kristi

L is for lay. Ladybugs can lay eggs under a leaf.

A is for aphids. Ladybugs love to eat juicy aphids on your plants.

D is for dinner. Ladybugs eat aphids for dinner.

Y is for yellow. Ladybugs lay their yellow eggs under a leaf.

B is for beetle. Ladybugs belong to the beetle family.

U is for under. You can find ladybug eggs hiding under a leaf.

G is for grass. Ladybugs can crawl on the grass.

S is for spray. Ladybugs spray the birds with stinky stuff out of their legs.

L - A - D - Y - B - U - G - S spells ladybugs!

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