Time Lapse of Ladybug Life Cycle (6 million views)
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Your parents never warned you about ladybugs. Here's the uncensored truth, with crazy banjo music, in extreme close up HD time lapse video. It's the stuff of nightmares, but thanks so much for subscribing!
When #ladybug eggs hatch, the larvae that come out look nothing like adult ladybugs. I think they look like little alligators, but lots of people commenting think the ladybug larvae look like "facehuggers" from the Alien movies. The larvae feed voraciously on #aphids and other garden pests before they form pupas, which you can watch here. People are surprised to learn that there's cannibalism in the world of #ladybugs. The ladybug in this video is an Asian ladybug, one of 5000 species of ladybug/ladybird/lady beetle. There’s a ton of variation of color and spots, which can take days to be fully revealed.
#lifecycle #timelapse
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I truly appreciate the amount of effort that went into producing this video. Very cool. Thank you.
Thanks for the support!
I love ladybugs 🐞 thanks for the video
@@TDtangents Amazing work!
@@kd1228 Thank you!
Lady bugs! I love you ❤️
Egg: Still hatching
Brothers or sisters: *TOO SLOW*
**slurps youngest sibling*
You're too slow
**eats sibling**
more like zombies...
**And eats**
Ladybug: *lands on me*
Me: “You cannibalistic bastard”
Lol yeah it's always been my favorite bug bc it's friendly but i didn't know the can eat the others
😂😂😂
LOL I
@@iBFP. every beautiful thing has dark secrets
You made my day.
Love how the aphids have absoloutely no response to ladybug larvae eating their friends, they don't even bother like moving away from the potential predators
Aphids are dumb
But ants always attack predators from attacking their freinds
😠 - when I put a ladybird/it’s larva on an aphid infested plant stem = the aphids started “defensively” falling off to not get eaten
most aphids are clones, it's like watching yourself get eaten.
@@bubbalexi interesting.
Thx now I won’t look at ladybugs the same anymore
Omg your profile pic
Your profile photo!!! I am gonna sub u!
SSneaky:HAHAHA they eat there developing kids.
Totally agree but i still love it tho 🙂🥰💓
MEE! But dang, I was gonna comment that.
Me: "OMG ladybugs are so precious!!"
TH-cam: "hold my banjo."
IM HOLLERING 😭😂
LMAO😂😂
Ffs😂
hahahahahahaha
I got you to 1k
These are actually Asian lady beetles. I once had one land on my hand at work and my young students came running up to me to admire it. Then it suddenly laid an egg on my finger. We were all so amazed and I immediately started thinking about how to safely relocate it into a terrarium so the kids could observe its life cycle. Then the beetle turned around and ate the egg right in front of us. 😂 Still an interesting and educational experience!
Bro no way💀💀
Omg.. haha, I came here to make the same comment!! They are Asian lady beetles. They have more than 5 polka dots and the white "M" mark on their head is always a give away that it's not a "true" ladybug.
Honestly it isn't a bad strategy. If she thought your finger wasn't a great place to lay an egg but she had to anyway, better to eat it and roll those resources back into a new egg in a better spot. Kind of like a period for a lady bug.
@@tissuepaper9962 I wouldn't wanna eat my own, blegh
They are highly invasive in Europe and eat the native ladybug eggs and larvae.
There’s definitely a lot of grossness going on before the cuteness aspect, but boy, they can really clean up some aphid infestations ❤️
Ohh absolutely yes!
Your right about the grossness yuck
Ants farm aphids.
I'll clean up ur aphid infestation
Beings killing beings life isn’t really much more
Congratulations now I'm scare of ladybugs
Congratulations mate, now you just get an ally
Your not alone
I wonder y ladybugs are call ladybug if some of them are males
Why be afraid? You're not another ladybug 🤭🤪
Honestly, I already was when I found out they bite and it HURTS badly.
Teacher: Explain ladybugs with one word.
Me: hMMmMmM
Teacher: please hurry up
Me: Cannibalism
Edit: Oof how did i get these likes before this comment i had like 5 likes on another comment
Kaya Panikovski Helms it is I saw parents with it on my outside of home
More me them jokes.. get a life loser
Kaya Panikovski Helms or yellow
@@Jadanpernell1999 true
*Epic
As I kid I once caught a lady bug and put it in a jar with some rose branches and a magnifying glass on top. She blessed me with her babies and I got to observe this. Most interesting experience you can have as a kid. I took care of her babies to make sure they had enough food and set them free after they had grown up.
Would definitely recommend this to parents.
I had a similar experience. I caught one from my school, took it home, then put her in a container that had tubes and other things she could crawl around in. I named her Rocky and soon after she layed some eggs. After that, I watched everyday to see if they made it, and when they hatched, I let Rocky and her children free.
God I hope she didn't eat them as soon as they left the container.
Imagine being an insect and having all this crazy stuff happen to you and you have no idea why.
"Ok time to shed that skin, I've been through this before so I know what to expect. Oh, I guess I'm a pupa this time. All the other times I shed my skin I kept the same form, but okay I guess. Oh snap I can't move, well I guess I'll just stay in this one place for a while. Finally I'm able to escape. Why was I stuck inside myself for so long? Oh well, I'm free now. Hey look, I have wings now. Sweet."
And then it's fragile little life can be ended in less than a second.
No one even told them to do all that tasks. Crazy how nature works.
@@pyrofestimo they just knew what their purpose was
@@bensmith9428 yours too
@@aeiouaeiouaeiou I'm well aware.
Suddenly Ladybugs arent so cute anymore
Yea ;-;
I'm allergic to them.
@@peachblossom3133 well its not for eating
@@krako1718 Why would I eat them? I get a rash when I touch them.
Nah, still cute
Didn't know ladybugs come from popcorn kernels
Thats actually how popcorn is made
And now popcorn is ruined too 😂
that eat each other
Oh thats way they eat the last egg
*sweetcorn
When the 1st pupa hatched and the lady bug proceed to move directly to the nearest pupa I thought to myself, "aww shit, another cannibalism?"
And when you say "pupa", it's best to say it like Hannibal Lecter. 😂
I have always been terrified of ladybugs in particular and now I feel validated in that lol
I’m not the only one! Omg finally
The lady bugs getting killed: D:
*the music:* 🤠🤠
Edit:tysm for the likes ya’ll.
This comment deserves more credit
Yeehaw
669 like
Yeee - haaaaww!!!!
BEST COMMENT
Person: "I wanna reincarnate as a ladybug, since they're so carefree and are the symbol of love and peace."
Ladybugs:
Bakugo?
Me? I wanna recencarnate as a koala
Ladybug: A M C A N I B A L.
Ladybugs: i eat my children. lul
don't forget hatch egg early
As a milk weed grower, seeing the horrifying lady bug larvae destroy the aphids is very soothing! Thank you so much for showing us this spectacular piece of nature!
Thanks! If you want to see more aphid carnage, check out this Green Lacewing larva in action - Trash Bug Eats Aphids and Mealybugs
th-cam.com/video/cL2TcSjZg1U/w-d-xo.html
Aphids destroy roses, if you find a ladybug, place it in your rose bush!
Ladybugs just went from cute to psycho-murderer cannibals.
I'm horrified, and the background music don't help
Just mute it
*BANGO INTENSIFIES"
😂😂😂😂😂
*Western music*
It even intensifies the horror more.
The aphids just...accept death?
Truly, aphids are the jobbers of the animal world.
tonny1351 it's funny because the ants are the only thing wich can protect them
tonny1351 yep lol
Royal Hypno Flower which*
Guess I'll die
Amazing footage - and I love the crazy banjo music!
Thanks!
Thank you very much for the work of creating this video. I never knew that those leaf-catching insects were actually ladybug larvae. I knew ladybugs ate aphids. But I didn't know they were cannibals and that when they were larvae they looked like that. Now I realize that I saw ladybugs in the garden in all 3 stages of development and I always thought they were different insects, different species when in fact they were all ladybugs.
Glad it was helpful!
Hey wanna know why Marinette is an only child? She ate her siblings
Edit: Srry For Ruining All Yall's childhoods LOL
No U Some peeps don’t have taste in tv shows
Yey!a miraculous comment i'm so happy i found this thanks☺
oh-
WELL fuck u ruined it for me XD
I was thinking of Marinette too oof
Ok I get ya. Nice joke
Ladybug: cute
Also ladybug: ayo lets eat our unborn sister
Bruh
lmao
Lol
Oof XD
haha 🅱️itch wont see d🅰️t shit cumin
Even the bugs that aren't so bad end up being mega disturbing when you get down to their level and see what they are like..
Great video. I'd never thought about their life cycle. This was extremely well done.
When I was 7 I watched a ladybug hatching and nobody believed me when I said it was yellowish white and nobody believed me that the larvae and cocoons are ladybugs (we all thought it was some kind of other weird insect) and now, after 11 years, *I HAVE PROOF*
Whazz Urs?
That’s great haha!
Lol
Punctuation who? We don't know her
@DARREN ZOU No offense but a nickname is a nickname, it can be spelled in any way.
Now that is my level of pettiness!
I thought ladybugs are really cute, their lives probably be adorable too
I was wrong..
Very
Well I have bad news about butterflies.
Welp They are beetles but theres nothing wrong about them but there Cannibalism
We all were
Harmony Knapp
Actually caterpillars, are nice and cute too!
I've seen the little black buglike stage in my garden many times but never knew what the were . This was truly an awsome video, thank you for sharing!
Thanks, Debbie!
I love ladybugs. I get them where I live anytime it's cold and then it gets really warm. We don't kill them. Someone told me they bite but I have never been bitten and it's really cool to watch them drink water! If it's cold outside and I find one, I let them hang out near my plants until the next day when it warms up. I actually saw babies for the first time this year!! The babies aren't actually babies they are more like immature ladybugs. They are adorable. 🐞
They have a nasty bite in their larvae stage. It really hurts.
The egg that got eaten by the other larvae might have been unfertilized.
Sometimes insects lay unfertilized eggs to provide food when the fertilized eggs hatch in case there's not a good food source nearby.
Can we just remember when theyre born they freak the fuck out tho....
James Merryman aren’t there some birds that do that too? I heard it on a documentary😅😂
James Merryman Okay First of all Wow you know a lot about animal which is super cool Second how did you type all that with out ONE mistake Third Yes I meant Infertile egg And Fourth Thanks😊😂
That is my question
@James Merryman thx I learn something from u guys
Is it bad that I never actually thought of ladybugs being larve once?
EDIT: Holy flop nuggets, I wrote this a year ago and never came back to it... 3.2k likes!?
Me neither tbh
Like ever!!!!! 😭😭
Slothlove 101 I never thought about it but I’m not surprised they go through that stage.
LOL ME. NEITHER.
Yes
The music softens the horror and drama of their cannibalism and aphid dinners
The constant banjo music in the midst of cannibalism 😂
That music though.
It could be worse. :)
Did my Farmer move in to watch the lady beetles growth????
@Kamil Emmanuel Aresgado Estidola In your face
It sounds damn childish
Lol I like banjos
Horrible choice
"Ladybugs are symbol of peace and love"
Ladybug: *eat their siblings*
R.i.p
Now parents love me more
*Cannibalism intensifies*
"and repeat"
This one killed me! 😂
The life of a ladybug is way more complex than I thought. Thank you for sharing this!🐞💖
0:55 I love how this aphids just getting eaten and the one behind it is just like “damn bro that’s crazy”
>seeing brother getting eaten alive
>mood
Lmaoo😂
🤣
666th!
"Man have I got a story to tell!"
What people say: “Ladybugs are symbols of peace and love.”
What ladybugs actually are: Cannibalistic predators.
Edit: Years after posting this I learn how to edit a comment...
I always thought the same thing and after I saw this video I'm terrified of ladybugs😂
@@luffybetterr Don't be too scared; unless you're an aphid. Ladybugs are beneficial to us since they eat said aphids. Aphids eat crops. Farmers love ladybugs for this reason.
@@noahhorner231 yup what I always thought is ladybugs are beautiful too they didnt hurt other only their species but the way the eat each other just making me uncomfortable Since I rarely see a ladybugs so:/
And they're so ugly in their larvae stage
SaratogaCV03 YT kinda reminds me of you
00:38 when your the last one to wake up at the slumber party
1:06 the aphids are like oh no we are being eaten, but don’t try to move or run away at all.
Me: aw this is gonna be cute
Me at 0:25:* starts screeching*
THATS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME TOO! Those damn legs messed me up.
If I saw that they'd all be dead because they look like straight up aliens
Shirley
Actually what happened to me
It's obvious they arent cute, thats how most of the bug larvae look like (sometimes legless, somethimes with feet)
Shirley.
Ladybug : proceeds to cannibalise and murder it’s own brother
*Upbeat, lively banjo music plays*
lmAooo
yeehaw
*Woody flashbacks*
😂😂😂
Proof banjo brings weird family taboos
Even the cutest bug is actually a beast
Now I know why I have so many ladybugs in my herb garden, so many aphids. Thankyou ladybugs do your part
Ladybug's egg: *doesn't hatch*
Ladybug's larvae: *it's free real estate.*
*hatch
@@TamWam_ thanks for the correction
lmao 😂
😆💀
So good
Teacher: what’s your favourite insect?
Kid: Ladybug! 🐞
Teacher:😳
Honestly I like spiders they got a good vibe and their not one of the millions of creepy looking insects that eat one and other spiders eat small insects and common house spiders Don't wanna cause no trouble, they tend to only use the instinct of wrapping up their prey and let their nets do the hunting work for them, I like to think they don't have a bad 'bone' in their body. #CharlottesWeb X-D
awesome asssdsdlsfdgddf So true!
awesome asssdsdlsfdgddf also spiders absolutely eat their own
@@camilagrijalva4109 Spiders also helped prophet muhammad (s.a.v) hide from the mekkan people They are considered holy
@@camilagrijalva4109 ummm
Some spider eat their own mom...
Nothing better than watching a bunch of cannibalistic Xenomorphs turn into ladybugs.
Awww, so cute, like baby facehuggers
when the lady bugs hatched i was like “those things ugly” lmao
@@introvertforlife898 DAAAAMN!
I can never look at Miraculous Ladybug the same ever again
Was thinking that haha
g o d s a v e m e
Hmm I kind of also changed my mind about how the nature of a ladybug is
Marinette is a cannibal...
@@Pokemonmaster150b More like Tikki
What this life cycle omits is the 9 month hibernation period during winter, I have thousands of them using my chimney cavity to hibernate.
That's the coolest thing I've ever seen! Who would have thought a ladybug would have to endure all that? Great video!
Thank you!
I love how they always violently twerk their way out of the old skin 😄
*YES*
karcavida LMFKAOAOOA
Your comment made me *W H E E Z E*
Time lapse. They speed it up so it's actually gentle twerking 😂
Lol🤣
Cameraman: Protects the eggs.
Hatched ladybugs: Eats their own sibling for themselves.
Seemed to be an undevelloped egg.
Usually egg clusters have a few eggs without anything growing in them for the larvae to feed on so they can gain a bit of energy after the exhausting hatch
Rip siblings
At 2:05 i was expecting: "More canibalism" lol
I'm very happy to say that I had a swathe of ladybirds breeding in my garden this year. I have young Elder trees (my garden is 2 years old) and they were covered 8n aphids this year. One looked like it had started to die because of them. Cue ladybirds! They mated, laid eggs and so many babies hatched that they wiped put the aphids. Result! No pesticides needed.
I'm guessing it will by cyclical.
Well, that was informative, disturbing, and somewhat disgusting all rolled up into one neat little package.
the ammount of canibalism made me vommit
**Ladybug get’s on my hand**
Me : “FACK OFF”
begone demon spawn!
*_W A C K_*
Me: *screams and yeet the bug away*
*eats the ladybug to avenge it's eaten unborn sister*
Oh No, you're crazy
*remembers miraculous ladybug*
I've watched a few eggs hatch in my garden, I love ladybugs ❤️💖🐞they really get rid of aphids and are so cute
The music makes cannibalism a comedic affair.
I was gonna say that the last one to hatch was gonna be my favourite before it got eaten by its siblings
Ikr so sad
**few seconds in**
"CANNIBALISM!"
Me: well, this is off to a *great* start...
[Spoilers: it does *NOT* get better.]
Koykoy ONLY Ladybug: OM NOM NOM
They look FREAKING TERRIFYING WHEN THEIR BORN!
A bit later:More cannibalism
777 likes
That's nothing compared to mantids
2:55 lmao didn't expect that!
This was purely fascinating. Thanks for making this video !
I’ll never see ladybugs the same way again
0:54
Aphids: this is fine
Aphids after they get eaten: *THIS IS NOT FINE*
mike. 😂
xD
XD
The life of a ladybug is a lot more brutal than I ever even cared to think about
Great banjo playing too!
Me: Ladybugs are literally the only insects that are not ugl-
Exactly my reaction lollll
Also, hi mixerrr :)
What about butterflies
@@deadcall8458 yeah, you're right
Some kind of moths are beautiful
@@mousette3829 butterflies and moth are beautiful, aren't they?
So everytime a ladybug lands on you and you think it's a cute little thing, just remember that its a savage cannibal predator warrior that survived until adulthood.
if one of these cute bugs decides to bite you for whatever reason they will draw blood :) nearly got killed one day when one was smooshed by the drivers left arm in a car I was riding in. bit him on the elbow and dug in.. driver was not focused on the road. guy actually pulled over to dislodge the thing. then he let it go.
ladybugs are the orcas of the insect world. people think they are cute because of nice looking patterns but they are abolutely vicious and ruthless.
Soooooo"" nobody is pointing out that lady bugs are actual face huggers, and the eggs' look the same when they hatch and everything. Que X-files musice
Nice sharing 😀
kindergarten: **teaches us that ladybirds are cute**
meanwhile: **ladybird larvae eats each other**
Sebastian Nielsen it’s actually the same thing. Just different, just like the Harlequin Ladybird
@@stuffedcrustpizza7069
It's a Galar thing.
Damnit Bobby.
Beauty...
Youngest ladybug larvae: *doesnt hatch soon enough*
Literally everyone else: This is some serious gourmet shit
Avery Watts I was literally about to comment this 😂
I swear i had a lady bug that went from red to orange to black
lol
Usually, me and Vince would be happy with some freeze-dried Taster's Choice right.😅👍🏻
*dies from laughter*
I am definitely showing this to my kids who love ladybugs, who fester our house every late fall.
This felt UNREAL
I never imagined other insects could have the pupa transformation of butterflies 😱
Thanks for showing this
You're welcome. Here's a look at mosquitoes going through the same transformation - th-cam.com/video/OWbUoH71kCE/w-d-xo.html
@@TDtangents Wow thanks for that, these processes are truly amazing 😯
No one:
Nobody:
Seriously, not even a single soul:
Ladybugs: *cannibalize each other*
Almost every animal, especially insects are cannibals, so no. It's not correct 👌🏻
@@davideblasco3386 that was a joke you sensitive piece of grunch
@@davideblasco3386 🤦♀️
@@catsforlife2765 he was just stating a fact? why is he sensitive?
@@helianthus5381 its a joke, he is sensitive to jokes
Holy CRAP they look like some kind of demonic Face-hugger when they hatch. NOOOOPE
What is wrong with people like you!? Who on Earth hates these things?
Dorian Kurtishi me I’m scared of these little guys
@@doddermodd Im going to kill one
Love the banjo music in the background
Awesome timelapse and thanks for the bluegrass, too!!
You bet!
ladybug larvae: *devouring their unhatched sibling*
music: *upbeat banjo music*
YEEEEHAWWWW
0:24
Thanks to the banjo, I imagined all of them yelling "yee-haw" as they hatch and flail their limbs about
Thanks for sharing this, TDtangents 🐞 I’ve seen each of these stages but never realized that they were ALL ladybugs! I do especially love the little alligators 🐊
Unusually creepy yet satisfying
just remember, only the strong larvae survives by eating the weak
*Roman intensifys*
No rest for the wicked
Lol Skull Servants Pfp Haha! Guessing you like the deck a lot.
This Video:
Me: *CONFUSED SCREAMING*
Insects are so crazy. The way they can morph their bodies in a cycle of just one life makes my brain go 💣💥
Absolutely Fantastic..
Love the Banjo...
Australia💝💝💝
Thank you! I feel like the creatures we have here in the U.S. are pretty tame compared to what you have there.
Wow
I didn't know that they're cannibal
Thank you
Bart Simpson tbh i think many animals are cannibal, they eat in order to survive; so if their own kind is available, might as well eat them.
its like a mouse mother eating their offspring to survive
Bart Simpson Hey there I love The Simpsons!!😀😀😀😀
@@lilredbox2976 Humans do it too.
Member the Donnar party?
@@stevenhiggins3055 is not normal for humans and for most animals to be cannibals... But for ladybugs and other animals is
Well sharks are the worst.. They eat each other before they're even born.
i have one living in my bathroom. I think it likes the steam from the shower. I just say good morning to it. And leave it alone.
thunderkss what does it eat?
I read lady bugs like mushrooms. I normally eat portabello and white button. So, I just leave one out. It stays on the mushroom all day. When the mushroom drys out. I replace it or keep it moist.
I have about 200
They need to find somewhere else to live
@@jwamazingwjk4798 make them pay rent
Lol
I can't get over the banjo music playing in the background while these things cannibalize each other and eat the aphids alive
My grandpa many years ago used to buy frozen adult ladybugs in blocks of ice. He put them in his 100ft long 800 tomato plant greenhouse. Ice melted ladybugs wake up and live and eat the tiny spiders
i feel as if, if someone replaced the music with a soundtrack from a horror film, this video would be extremely unsettling...
It's already extremely unsettling.... 😳
😂💀
Ladybugs be like to other ladybugs:
So you have chosen
*C A N N I B A L I S M*
The Slayer I’m your 69th like😳
I’m your 252nd like
thank you, that was terrifying
Isn’t nature amazing, thank you for the time and effort you put into this video🥰