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--><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/69.93.146.30\/~thaibugs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/z-no-id5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-370\" title=\"z no id5\" src=\"http:\/\/thaibugs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/z-no-id5-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/z-no-id5-300x210.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/z-no-id5.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>All about Ladybirds<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Ladybird facts<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There are about 500 different kinds in the United States and nearly 5000 world wide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Most Ladybirds are carnivorous on the larva Aphids (Hemiptera, Homoptera, Aphididae) both as adults and as larvae ladybugs won\u2019t fly when the temperature 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