UMary Allen
Njengazo zonke ooqongqothwane, iiladybugs zizinambuzane. Bahlala kulo lonke ihlabathi, kungekhona nje elwandle okanye kwi-North Pole kunye ne-South Pole. Zinemilenze emithandathu kunye neempondo ezimbini. Entla kwamaphiko kukho amaphiko amabini aqinileyo afana noonokrwece.
Iincukuthu mhlawumbi ziincukuthu ezithandwa ngabantwana. Ngathi, ngokuqhelekileyo zibomvu ngamachaphaza amnyama. Zikwanomzimba ongqukuva. Ngoko kulula ukuzoba kwaye unokuzibona ngoko nangoko. Siqwalasela amakhubalo abo ethamsanqa. Abantu abaninzi bacinga ukuba inani lamachaphaza libonisa ukuba i-ladybug indala kangakanani. Kodwa asiyonyaniso leyo. Amanqaku angasetyenziselwa ukwahlula iindidi ezininzi: umzekelo ibhungane elinamanqaku amahlanu okanye ibhungane elineengongoma ezisixhenxe.
Iincukuthu zineentshaba ezimbalwa kunezinye iincukuthu. Umbala wabo oqaqambileyo unqanda iintshaba ezininzi. Nasemilonyeni yeentshaba zabo ziyanuka. Bakhumbula ngoko nangoko: Ooqongqothwane abamibalabala bayanuka. Bayeka ngokukhawuleza ukuwatya.
Ziphila njani kwaye zizala njani iiladybugs?
Ngentwasahlobo, ama-ladybugs alambile kwaye aqala ukukhangela ukutya ngoko nangoko. Kodwa kwakhona bacinga ngokukhawuleza ngenzala yabo. Nokuba zincinci kangakanani na izilwanyana, iinkunzi zinelungu lobudoda ezithumela ngalo iiseli zamadlozi kumzimba wemazi. Imazi ibeka ukuya kutsho kumaqanda angama-400 phantsi kwamagqabi okanye kwiintanda kwixolo ngoAprili okanye ngoMeyi. Bayenza kwakhona ekuhambeni konyaka.
Imibungu iqandusela emaqandeni. Zinyibilika amaxesha amaninzi phambi kokuba zifunxe. Emva koko ukuqanduselwa kwencukuthu.
Uninzi lweentlobo ze-ladybug zitya iintwala, kunye nemibungu. Batya ukuya kumaqhekeza angama-50 ngosuku kunye namawaka aliqela ebomini babo. Iintwala zithathwa njengezitshabalalisi kuba zifunxa incindi evela kwizityalo. Ngoko xa ooqongqothwane besitya iintwala, batshabalalisa ezo zinambuzane ngendlela yemvelo nethambileyo. Oko kuyabakholisa abalimi nabalimi abaninzi.
Iincukuthu zitya ukutya okunamafutha. Ekwindla baqokelelana bengamaqela amakhulu kwaye bajonge indawo yokufihla intloko. Ezi zinokuba zizikhewu kwimiqadi yophahla okanye ezinye iintanda. Ziyacaphukisa ngakumbi xa zihlala phakathi kweepaneli zeefestile ezindala.