2. What Am I? By Autumn By Autumn

3. I am not a bug, but I am a beetle. I am not a bug, but I am a beetle.

4. I protect myself from black ants by falling down and pretending I am dead. I protect myself from black ants by falling down and pretending I am dead.

5. My favorite food is aphids and I can eat 50 of them in one day. My favorite food is aphids and I can eat 50 of them in one day.

6. My bright colors warn predators to stay away.

7. If you startle me a foul smelling fluid will seep from my leg joints. If you startle me a foul smelling fluid will seep from my leg joints.

8. I lay both fertile and infertile eggs. My babies that hatch from the fertile eggs use the infertile eggs as food. I lay both fertile and infertile eggs. My babies that hatch from the fertile eggs use the infertile eggs as food.

9. If I am really hungry I may eat some of my siblings. If I am really hungry I may eat some of my siblings.

10. I have black spots on me, but as I age my spots fade. I have black spots on me, but as I age my spots fade.

11. Birds are my major predator. Birds are my major predator.

12. I sometimes hibernate in people’s houses in the winter. I sometimes hibernate in people’s houses in the winter.

13. Some people think you can tell my age by counting my spots, but that is not true. Some people think you can tell my age by counting my spots, but that is not true.

14. What am I? What am I?

15. I am a ladybug. I am a ladybug.

16. Oh P.S. Oh P.S. Thanks for watching.