how do you tell the sex of a ladybug?
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There is no real way of telling them apart, they are what you call sexually monomorphic and monochromatic, meaning they have no physical difference or difference in color. The females are slightly larger than the males, but you would only really be able to tell them apart if you had both in your hands. Under a microscope with some entomological knowlegde, you would be able to see the genetalia, but with the naked eye, it is quite difficult.\nThe best way to tell would be to find a pair in copulation, the one on the bottom is the female and the one on the top is the male. Seeing this will also give you an idea of the size of a female compared to the male....but thats about all....\n\nHope this helps!
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First of all, congratulations!\nI don't think you can actually determine the sex of the child without a sonogram or whatever. \nGood luck
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actually ladybugs are predacious, they feed upon any other insects smaller than themselves. Their preferred food however is aphids. Aphids are very slow moving gregarious insects, this allows the ladybugs to simply graze on them like cattle do in a pasture.\nEven the larvae of ladybugs are tiny little predators, they also eat aphids as well as any other crtters they find hiding on or under leaves.\nI hope this answers your question!\nhere is a picture of a larval ladybug feeding on the eggs of probably another garden pest species:\nhttp://bugguide.net/node/view/83862
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Insects\n\nOr, turn over a log.
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Breeding starts when the female sheds her old skin.  This releases pheromones that attract the male.  They will form a pair bond and hunt together as well as protect 20-50 mounded eggs.\n\nThey reach sexual maturity in 5-6 years and will mate in January.
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ask a question..if she answers she's a female..if he answers he's male..am i right??..lol.
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When I need to figure out what an insect is I use www.whatsthatbug.com  You can search the site yourself, or ask them a question, they also have some good links listed.
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It is a female mouse if it has a pad, if not, it's is a male!!
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Nope...It's really hard for me to tell cause I'm female. She looks nice tho.
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the exact same as most animals mate\n\nAfter mating, the female beetles pack bits of decaying wood into a pile. She then sticks her ovipositor into the pile and lays an egg. Usually this is in a stump, log, or dead tree.\n\nThe egg hatches in three to four months, and a larva immediately starts to feed on the dead wood where it is born. It eats and grows for about eight months.
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I think she might appreciate knowing that she has bugs mating and crawling around in her head. Just start playing with her hair and say "hey, there's something in your hair." If you want to be kind of subtle about it.
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Flower\nIf both sexes are in the same flower (and plant) then it is a HERMAPHRODITE\nIf not, then they will be female and male plants (of the same species)
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i think i had heard somewhere that females have the red marking on a different side than the males do...i'm not positive about this though
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Are you male or female?
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How about guy friend? Indicates gender without implying romance.
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hhmm how bout some species being able to change sex in single sex inviroment
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as the only task a caterpillar is eating and surviving to pupate it is impossible or at least very difficult to figure out its sex, as it just has not yet developed those organs. The sex organs can start developing before the caterpillar pupate, but you won't see anything in the caterpillar, you would have to kill it and dissect it afterwards to look at its insides. A caterpillar is just not a sexy animal yet...