I got up this morning and went to the balcony to find my mother drying the quilt. I walked to the balcony and suddenly saw a seven-star ladybug crawling around on the ground. I took a closer look and saw that this little ladybug was wearing a red coat with six small dots on its body. It had three black dots on its left wing and three black dots on its right wing. I was very surprised. It’s strange that the seven-star ladybug should have seven little dot-like stars! Why does this little ladybug have six?
Then my mother and I checked online and found that the seven-star ladybug has left and right wings. There are indeed three dots each, and then there is a big black spot at the junction of the head. The seven-star ladybug has a strong self-defense ability. Although its body is only as big as a soybean, many powerful enemies are helpless against it. There is a kind of "chemical weapon" on the joints of its three pairs of thin legs. When attacked by enemies, its foot joints can secrete an extremely unpleasant yellow liquid, causing the enemies to retreat and escape in a hurry because they can't stand it. It also has the ability to pretend to be dead. When it encounters a strong enemy or danger, it will immediately fall from the tree to the ground, shrink its three pairs of thin legs under its belly, lie down pretending to be dead, and survive by hiding from the enemy. This species is very common in distribution, but rarely gathers in groups. In addition, people also call them flower elder sisters.
It turns out that there is so much knowledge about the animal world!
