VIDEO. The reproduction of convergent ladybugs, a special ritual

A ladybug.

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Even if it means reproducing only once in his life, you might as well do it a thousand.

Once a year, the converging ladybugs come together for a very special mating ritual.

Indeed, this North American species feeds on aphids.

But every fall, aphids disappear when the cold arrives.

This is the signal for these ladybugs that it is time to "reunite".

A female can lay up to 500 eggs

They then migrate by the thousands to the nearest forest and gather in the same place, generation after generation.

Convergent ladybirds live on average less than a year;

they therefore participate in this ritual only once in their life.

Divergent ladybugs mate multiple times with multiple mates.

Therefore, a female can lay up to 500 eggs in her lifetime.

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