When the cells are ready, they start moving toward the top of your epidermis. This trip takes about 2 weeks to a month. As newer cells continue to move up, older cells near the top die and rise to the surface of your skin. What you see on your hands (and everywhere else on your body) are really dead skin cells.
Even More Fun Facts: 1  Because Ladybugs eat lots of aphids and other pest insects, many gardeners and farmers use them for pest control instead of chemicals. 2  A Ladybug can lay up to 1000 eggs in its lifetime. 3  Not all Ladybugs have spots.  Ladybugs will clean themselves after a meal.
There are around 6,000 species of ladybugs worldwide, 98 of which can be found in Florida. Ladybugs are oval, small, often brightly-colored insects that are toxic to would-be predators. Ladybugs are considered beneficial because they typically eat plant pests, such as aphids. The beetleâs oval yellow eggs hatch larvae that have been described as looking âalligator-like.â Some larvae may excrete a white substance that makes them look similar to mealybugs (see picture below).