Within a week, the wasp is big enough to survive on the outside, and so by creeping through a gap in the ladybug's body, it binds itself to the bottom of the ladybug, wrapped in a cocoon(茧).
Although the ladybug is not having its nutrients stolen, ble.
A baby wasp in a cocoon is very weak to predators, so it uses the ladybug as a bodyguard.
When a predator approaches, the ladybug scares it off by waving its limbs. The ladybug will unwillingly serve the wasp for about a week until the now fullygrown wasp tears the cocoon apart and flies away. It is only then that the ladybug dies, its service complete.
Ladybugs
Introduction
A story (71) ________ back to the Middle Ages goes that ladybugs saved farmers' crops!
Cruel predators ● A single ladybug can hunt and kill up to 50 aphids as its food (72 ________
● It's noticeable that ladybugs' hunting by detecting plants' (73) ________ is striking.
Efficient defense
(74) ________ ● Their blessed colors are always a good (75) ________ to their predators.
● They turn over and pull their legs up, (76)________ to be dead to confuse enemies.
● A small amount of foulsmelling blood flows out to drive away the predators.
Natural enemies ● Ladybugs' life begins to go to the end when a wasp's
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