This was so cool, I never knew ladybugs pupated or what they looked like as youngsters. I love watching Deep Look, keep them coming!

@YRO.

8 ай бұрын

They look like a bunch of aliens

@KQEDDeepLook

8 ай бұрын

Will do! Once you know what they look like, you find them everywhere! Around here, we see them frequently on fennel plants.

@Pow3llMorgan

8 ай бұрын

I found out recently by using google lens on this bug I found. Turned out to be exactly this!

@CatMowpurr

8 ай бұрын

All beetles have 4 life stages. I recently learned that fleas (which are related to scorpion flies) have larvae and pupae too.

@jasonplatco7881

8 ай бұрын

All beetles have a larval stage. As do many other insects.

I love the dramatic pause before a ladybug takes flight. Really gives you a moment to appreciate its flight form.

@edntz

8 ай бұрын

Almost all animals can't even walk at first try, let alone fly. Yet they bust out their wings and go mach 1 instantly.

@XuWinnie-wy7fl

6 ай бұрын

When I let a ladybug crawl on me, the moment it takes flight always scares me shitless

@Rice_enjoyer999

6 ай бұрын

@@XuWinnie-wy7fl same

@goodolbreadguy5038

14 күн бұрын

@@XuWinnie-wy7flsame

I am really glad they feed on aphids, true allies indeed. Amazing creatures, how they are able to fly vast distances, I didn't even know they were carnivores.

@blackcitadel37

7 ай бұрын

When your favorite food's best defense mechanism is to make more of itself.

@NurAmira-qz6oh

3 ай бұрын

Yea! This is called, the bug theory pyramid ( hunter vs predator ) And, mostly their top of the Pyramid food Chain's are Poisonous frog!

@stunfunone1527

2 ай бұрын

​@@blackcitadel37I think Sauropods are the same way, either some or all.

@HooLeePhucingSheet

2 ай бұрын

Like a fool I bought lady bugs to fight off aphids but it was the babies who really ate them. This summer, I hope they all made babies and grow in my garden 🩵

I really appreciate how the part about how they eat the aphids is narrated with such detail and _relish_

@KQEDDeepLook

8 ай бұрын

They do look a bit like relish, now that you mention it.

@hugocastaenda4387

7 ай бұрын

@@KQEDDeepLook oh god... is that the secret ingredient?

I figured for a moment that it's a bit weird that the larval and adult form both rely on the same food source but then remembered that the food source is aphid and there's ALWAYS enough aphids.

@tungsten2009

8 ай бұрын

Aphids are like an alien pest that endlessly churns out copies of itself. Plenty to go around for the ladybug.

@AzngameFreak03

7 ай бұрын

Every gardener knows the hatred for aphids. They are mosquitos for plants and reproduce as fast as a hive. They're really nasty when you have plants to take care of.

Nothing is as terrifying (as a someone who keeps plants) to see aphids, seeing the ladybugs feast was almost satisfying to watch 😂

@Photo_doctor

7 ай бұрын

😂😂

I live in the middle of a city with a teensy tiny yard. A few years back we suddenly had a massive influx of ladybugs, which was super appreciated as battling aphids had been a constant struggle for us. Now we barely have to consider aphid control at all. We surmised that our tiny yard reached some stage of 'lushness' that attracted them and they've been a welcome guest ever since.

@KQEDDeepLook

8 ай бұрын

Here's another episode of ours, on convergent ladybugs: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lWGOmNqLldvIebg.html

Those aphid meal close-ups were intense, especially the juice box one.

@KQEDDeepLook

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's rough.

@katymullins1680

2 ай бұрын

Ouch man

The lady bug is the punk high school kid who suddenly got their lives in order and suddenly became a success!

@KQEDDeepLook

8 ай бұрын

I feel seen

@Book_Theory.

2 ай бұрын

They still eat aphids. It they just look kinder now

@yalimadrud3631

2 күн бұрын

Ladybug larva: BECAUSE TONIGHT WILL BE THE NIGHT THAT I WILL FALL FOR YOU🖤🖤💀💀🩸🩸💥💥 Ladybugs: she was a fairy❤❤🌸🌸🍬🍬🌈🌈

2:54 dude is doing sit-ups after bulking for 3 weeks. Ladybugs Shred.

I love ladybugs in all their life-stages. I used to catch them and let it walk in my hand. A ladybug is a beetle we all love 🐞 ❤

@elichernykh6181

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, even if they're actually terrifying as predators!

Once again the quality of these videos are just amazing, i wish you guys had a show on National Geographic or Discovery i would have loved a hour long documentary from Deep Look.

@KQEDDeepLook

8 ай бұрын

Maybe one day!

The way they deploy their wings look so cool, it is like scifi nature that is just regular nature.

@kaylathehedgehog2005

8 ай бұрын

They kind of remind me a switchblade opening. You almost expect to hear a small *shink* when they snap open.

That part of larvae coming out from their eggs is like a scene from an Alien movies

Fun fact: the ladybugs have such a round shell to allow them to attack aphids even if they are protected by ants. The ants mandribles find no hold and the ladybug can continue its dark work.

Am I the only one who thinks the larval ladybugs are even cuter than the adults?

@Bhaiyoaurbehno

8 ай бұрын

Yes

@JosephDavies

8 ай бұрын

No.

@edntz

8 ай бұрын

I want to eat the yellow inbetween stage before it turns into an adult ladybug. It looked like cheese.

@Rainygirl3100

8 ай бұрын

No! They look like the epitome of the word "bug" and I love em

@bfgfanatic1747

8 ай бұрын

Definitely not!

Just when I was a little boy, I've always explored bugs on the school yard, from spiders, bugs, grasshoppers or even stung by bee (the only time I got stung by a bug sting). I of course, found a larva and noticed how it eats none other than parasitic aphids. Knowing that Ladybug does the same I noticed the resemblance. Then in one book, I figured out that the aphid eating larva belongs to the Ladybug.

we had a massive aphid problem in our garden, and it only get better when ladybugs appeared. Thank you, little friends

It’s always so weird and fascinating when bugs molt and totally different shapes and colors (or even stage) comes out. Also this made me remember one specie of ladybug that ate leaves of crops instead of aphids in my family’s small farm

@timothygreer188

8 ай бұрын

Those are Cucumber Beetles. Some are colored like Ladybugs and others are green with spots or stripes.

Aphids are like the sheep of the insect world. Very weird. Like a herd that just stands there and groups up.

The aphids are like "walking fruit".

I love them so much. They look like little baby Zerg~

@ElArto95

2 ай бұрын

The pupa looks exactly like Kerrigan's chrysalis

2:16 That aphid is going to need some serious therapy...

@Tazerbob

2 ай бұрын

😂😂

How I view most insects: the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

i've always loved seeing ladybugs in their larval stage, they look like little aliens! i love how they turn into cute little beetles while still eating up all the pesky aphids😊

The aphids aren't even trying to resist

Ladybugs remind me of my childhood, spending my vacation in the countryside. It was the only crawling thing I wouldn't be afraid of. As a kid, I was always fascinated by its beauty.

Another great video! I'd like to add that over the course of my life growing up in the Midwest, I've seen a decline in ladybugs. When I was young I would see hundreds of the red classic looking ladybugs in the summers. Now, I only see them sometimes and they are the orange and more aggressive variety. I've been told they're not native. I'm sure climate change and human involvement are to blame.

@rpungello

8 ай бұрын

I get a lot of the oranger variety too nowadays, and man do they ever reek

@KQEDDeepLook

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@NicolaiAAA

8 ай бұрын

Yeah they're Asian lady beetles. While they do at least still eat aphids, they'll also eat smaller native ladybugs as well as some fall fruits (apples, berries, etc.). And, surprise, surprise, the Department of Agriculture idiots of the past intentionally released them in the 70s and 80s, so of course now they're fcking everywhere.

@LimeyLassen

8 ай бұрын

They also bite!

@vicvega3614

8 ай бұрын

We have millions in Pennsylvania, they literally pile up around doors or windows, ladybugs, stinkbugs and some species of fruit flies are everywhere right now, oh and lantern flies

It took me years to realize that those little larva are baby ladybugs, but when I did, I thought it was amazing that they pupate on the side of our house every year. We have a bush infested with aphids, and every year, slowly, that bush is nearly cleaned out.

I’d never know that ladybugs also underwent metamorphosis. It’s so nice learning new things everyday.

This honestly makes them even cooler than they already are. Never knew they started out looking scary like that!

I love these educational videos but I'd like to take a moment to appreciate the music in the background that does great work at capturing these scenes!

@KQEDDeepLook

8 ай бұрын

Noted! Our music is composed for each episode by the amazing and talented Seth G. Samuel!

subhanAllah.... these creations of the creator always excite & amaze me....😊

I was today’s age now knowing that ladybugs go through metamorphosis like butterflies unbelievable, guess I’ve missed the school project to raise them lol, thank you very much for the cool vid!!!

Very cool! As a kid I did not know these little guys were what gathered in our front yard pine hedges. The hedge was always loaded with ladybugs and their larvae. Now as an adult I can appreciate what they do for our plants that get infested. My hibiscus are always getting aphids so I try to relocate lady bugs to them when I see one in the garden.

I was introduced to Ladybird (UK name for Ladybug) larvae as a young child by my maternal grandfather. Both my grandfathers were avid gardeners (both were in reserve occupations in WW2, so had time at home to supplement their rations with home grown fruit and veg). My maternal grandparents lived very close to us (a 15 minute walk to the other half of the housing estate we lived on) and I spent quite a bit of time with them. I was encouraged to explore the back garden so long as I didn't dig up anything without first asking. I encountered a lot of creepy crawlies, including ladybird larvae running all over the vegetables and flowers. Grandad told me they were the larvae of Ladybirds and that they were good for the garden, eating up greenfly in both the larval and adult forms. The result is that even now, I smile as much when I see a ladybird larva as an adult beetle. For some reason they don't look repulsive to me: I guess, if you catch a child young enough and teach them well enough, even as something as spiky as a ladybird larva can seem beautiful!

My sister was exactly the same way. Except the bug eating. I mean, I assume.

@KQEDDeepLook

8 ай бұрын

Many of us went through a goth phase!

That’s fascinating, inspiring, and disturbing at the same time…

@KQEDDeepLook

8 ай бұрын

That's our show in a nutshell!

I knew all this but never actually seen footage of the larva hunting, COOOL

Those aphids are so cute! And I love their coloration! OMG!

"Take that, butterflies!" 😂😂 got me every time i rewatch this episode. Deeplook team, Laura, Lauren, Amy, and the Music composer really did a great job. Thankyou so much for bringing bio science in interresting and entertaining way.

Lovely episode yall. I remember being a kid fascinated by nature and I would see ladybug larvae but never knew what they were, my mind was blown when I found out.

I never knew that's what those bugs were! I used to see them all the time but there was a lot of debate among my friends about what *exactly* they were, and if they were dangerous. We never messed with them but this is interesting, answers a lot of burning questions I had as a kid.

I've used ladybugs in my indoor gardens for years. Absolutely legendary workers and smile generators.

Nice! I hadn't seen the pupae stage before. I remember finding larvae as a kid and I even saw a shed pupae casing, once.

@KQEDDeepLook

8 ай бұрын

It was fun for us to see as well. :-)

Imagine just deciding to grow wings and then flying for the first time

Deep look is awesome despite their clips being a little short, but overall, I get to learn a majority of life outside my comfort zone ❤😊

Incredible videography! How much time and patience it must have taken for this little reel. Thank you so much!

2:13 That aphid doesn't even care to screen. Dude really chillin while getting eaten

Some of these insects have very cool larval stage.

Ladybugs look so freakin cool when they open their shells, it’s as if it’s an attack helicopter disguised as a tank! (Aka look like a wasp when their shells open)

the consistent efforts in every video is plausible. i love your videos so much

Nothing makes me stop a video of bugs faster than them having added noises for them eating or moving around. Seriously guys, one of the greatest things about bugs are how little noise they make.

I love this! I'm caring for 4 swampy milkweed leaf beetles and it has been a real treat to check in on them and care for them! These are herbivores though and eat the milkweed leaves so they have their own little plants in their house

@KQEDDeepLook

8 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

I remember as a kid living in Washington, there was this schoolyard "fact" that the ladybugs that were black with red dots were venomous, lol. Like, kids insisted on it and started wars over it. Nobody played with those ladybugs, lol. You could find tons of ladybug eggs and hundreds of ladybugs in literal piles in this ravine by Chico Creek in the area I lived in (in the fall, salmon also spawned and died there, too, which was fun 😅). A metric ton of blackberry bushes, thick ferns, and other brush grew there, so it made sense there were lots of them. It was fun seeing the huge strips of orange eggs under fern leaves and stuff.

Our neighbor as a kid, a retired Biology teacher showed her garden lady bugs feeding on aphids. I’ve also heard lady bugs are good luck. They’re adorable.

I had one of their larvae sneak into my bathroom to change to an adult, it was quite an experience. Managed to catch em after they started being active as an adult. I hope they found a mate and lived good when I let them go.

In NZ Aotearoa we have iridescent blue green ladybirds. They look like beautiful jewels 🥰

Anyone remembers being little, holding them in your fist until they pooped and then wondering what smells?

It was so awesome seeing the ladybug at the end on native milkweed!!!! I have so much Narrowleaf milkweed which also comes with aphids so I naturally get a bunch of ladybugs too!

I did not expect this particular episode to be quite so disturbing! Nice job 😵‍💫

This teaches us we should respect the insects who help keep our farms alive. I love ladybugs so much that they help out us humans without even knowing ❤

I've always loved insects and them especially. That happiness when you see that round bright red, sometimes orange or black, insect and it's so cute. It would mostly eject a strange smelling orange substance to repel me and actually, Asian invasive ladybugs bite!

I LOVE watching up close aphid videos! And ladybugs eating them! More please

Absolutely fantastic script and visuals, as always!

I love this series so much.

Wow, I never knew that that's what baby/teenager ladybugs look like! 🐞❤️

Canadian here. I remember learning this when I was 4 years old from the "I Want to Know about . . ." series of books that our parents had bought for us. I loved those books!

it's so cool how they turn into a pupa, beat the ender dragon, and find themselves the elytra

There was a bush in my apartment complex growing up and they were absolutely infested with lady bugs and their larvae and I thought it was absolutely fascinating that they change so much

I had no idea that the beetle shape wasn’t how they were born! Fascinating.

That poor aphid was like: what…happened…🫥

Yay! New deep look video ! 😮😮😮

The first time I saw one of these eventually hatch into a Ladybug as a kid it blew my mind. The young just look like such a different type of bug all together. 😄👍

This is incredible, i never knew any of this about Ladybirds!

you're AWESOME, Deep Look! thank you!

I was at recess in elementary school when I first discovered ladybugs could fly. A couple of minutes after that I also discovered they could bite.

I love deeplook so much

@KQEDDeepLook

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! We love making these videos.

@XanMacatan

8 ай бұрын

@@KQEDDeepLook 😁

@Sheer37111

8 ай бұрын

Me too

I already knew about all of this, but idc I still love ladybugs ❤️ Thanks to them , I have the best apples for apple pies !

I knew about Ladybug pupation, but I'm surprised to learn that they use the same food source throughout their lives. Often, insects who pupate shift diets between life-stages. Very cool.

Oh! Thanks! I found some Ladybug pupa and didn't know what they were, a while back. Now I know. Neat!

The commentary was excellent. Such an exciting and insightful documentary 👏

i think this is the first time i've actually seen a ladybug pupate, cool!

What the hellspawn is that. I did not know ladybugs were that metal before. Very cool.

i LOVE lady bugs!

Make no mistake, I've always known ladybugs as nature's cutest little murder machines and I love them all the more for it. The amount of plants I've lost to aphids is too high to count, I hate them.

Once again, you guys make a amazing, informative and entertaining videos. Loved learned about ladybugs and their cool younger phase. Keep it up P.s if you wanted to make a funny april fools short on ladybugs. One idea could be the intresting symbiosis between ladybugs and black cats.

I love them as larvae!

As a kid I always wondered what these were cause they were one of my favorites, I'm just now realizing they were ladybugs this whole time

I'm a retail gardener (nursery worker). We have a lot of aphids in spring, particularly on the viburnum, which are my plants to take care of. I hate using pesticide, so the solution is to play soldiers with the ladybug larvae: "Troop 208, well done on eradicating the enemy from viburnum sector 7-a. I'm moving you to sector 5-e, there are currently no troops stationed there" "Troop 142, do you read me? The Boss has deemed the area unstable and is getting the pesticide. I'm sending an air evac (my hands) to get you out of there. Troop 142, do you copy?" "Today Troop 67 graduates the academy, I have counted twelve pupa so far, and several cadets outgrowing their uniforms. Let's have a round of applause for 67!" I do all this out loud. My coworkers think it's hilarious. Three cheers for my little soldiers

These kinds of videos make me hope that bugs don’t feel pain

The music always goes so hard in every video

Such a great filming 😍

I remember seeing the larvae of ladybugs the first time. Just had my first garden and I had no clue what kind of insects they were. Then I saw them eating aphids, and knew they were o.k., and bought a book about insects. In the garden I observed also that at one moment there are lots of aphids and a week later they are gone. The new generation of ladybugs arrived! Never sprayed against the aphids, just waited for the lieveheersbeestjes (sweet lord bugs), as they are called in Dutch.

We live surrounded by Arkansas fields. We get to see The Ladybugs through all stages. So glad they are here❤🐞

i like how, despite being beetles and thus having a pupal stage, they larva don't really look that different from the adults (especially with their elytra opened up); it's like they'd rather have been hemimetabolous but it's not as weird as those pupating insects with otherwise grub-like larva, but where the first instar (right after hatching) look like tiny adults, with well-developed legs that can get them to a food source - and then they immediately molt into grubs and don't grow proper legs again until adulthood

Who knew. A gardeners best friend!

We had a milkweed plant in our front yard and it was so nice to see many ladybugs chewing on the aphids on it. Didn’t know they can eat up to 5k aphids in their lifetime.

A ladybug is a type of beetle (It's Ringo! Hehe!) All Beetles go thru stages just like caterpillars and butterflies

I like how there's aphids running around the pupae, like napping around your lunch.