Why Are There So Many Ladybirds? Guess with Jess : Season 1 Episode 31
TV-G CBeebies 10m int(0)
Aired: November 11th, 2009 @ 7:00 PM EST on CBeebies
One winter morning Jess finds lots of ladybird in his barn. Why are they there? That's the Big Question! Mimi tells him that she has lots of ladybirds in her garden in the summer. They're always hungry and brilliant for the plants because they eat all the greenfly. Maybe they're looking for greenfly in his barn? Jess doesn't think so. There are no greenfly in the barn. He goes to ask Baa and Billie for help. They're saying goodbye to Little Bird who's flying away to a warmer country for the winter. Jess thinks maybe the ladybirds are gathering to fly away too and rushes back to his barn to say goodbye. But when he gets there he finds that the ladybirds are now all huddled together and fast asleep. What's going on? Jess goes to ask Willow and finds a hedgehog sleeping under some leaves near the stable. Willow explains that some animals find it hard to find food in the winter, especially if they can't store it, so they eat as much as they can and then go to sleep during the winter. It's called hibernating. That's why the hedgehog is asleep. Jess works out that the ladybirds are hibernating too. He's answered the question. Yippety Yay!