Why do ladybugs have spots?
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Well, you probably wouldn't want to test this one, but ladybugs have those spots because they taste bad. See, bright coloring on insects lets predators know that they taste bad. If a bird tries to eat a ladybug and finds out that it tastes bad, it will remember the spots and associate them with the bad taste of the bug. In the future, the bird will avoid eating bugs with that coloring. So the spots are a way of protecting the ladybugs and telling their predators "I taste bad". Many people think that the number of spots on a ladybug tells the age of the bug. But that's wrong. The number of spots differ between species.
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