The pupa becomes an adult ladybug in a couple weeks. While frogs, wasps, spiders and dragonflies will eat ladybugs, their major predator are birds.

Ladybugs and their larvae are good to have around because they feed on insect eggs and insects, like aphids, that we don’t want in the garden. But Schultz has a narrower goal in mind.

But the entire life cycle of a ladybug (egg, larva, pupa, adult) can take up to two years to complete,” according to a post by wildlife biologist Kathryn Reis at Study.com.

The ladybug larvae come out hungry and on the prowl for soft-bodied insects such as mites, aphids and white flies. It's at this stage that many people mistake this insect for a plant-eating pest.

Though ladybug larvae may be intimidating, they’re not harmful to humans. They crawl around, feeding and growing, until they’re ready to turn into something even weirder … 9.

Ladybug larvae are dark and alligator-like with three pairs of prominent legs. Learn the markings well, lest you confuse them with the Mexican bean beetle or the squash beetle or one of the other ...

It sheds its outer layer, legs and all, to reveal a ladybug pupa. An in-between stage where it can spend some time alone figuring out who it really wants to be. It spends the next week going through a ...