How+would+different+chemicals(fertilizers)+affect+ladybugs+and+their+survivals

=Problem Statement = How would different fertilizers and chemicals affect ladybugs.

=Background = ====Fertilizer is a substance, such as manure or dead foods, used to make soil more fertile. Fertilizer is used very often for very small things. Some of these things include vegetable gardens, and flower gardens, and even something simple like plants to make the front of your house to look pretty. The first complete fertilizer compound was invented by Johann Glauber. He was a German-Dutch chemist in the 1600's. Fertilizer affects the plant. From the simplest thing such as the taste and texture and a lot of other things. It can most likely even affect bugs that land and feed off of the plant. Some bugs that like to go on a lot of plants are lady bugs. Fertilizer contains ==== Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium. Ladybugs have a few different names. Ones such as coccinellidae, ladybirds and ladybugs. There are approximatly 5,000 ladybug species all around the world. The one everyone knows is the common red and black ladybug. This ladybug has 7 spots. They eat aphids and other plant-eating pests. Lady bugs have a tendency to be around plants all the time because that is where their food it. They also tend to be alone. As lady bugs increase in age, their spots fade away. Ladybugs breathe through openings on the sides of their bodies. Female ladybugs lay about 2,000 in their entire lives.

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by: Nicolle Perez P. 6