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.
Best Answer: No. Ladybugs (or ladybirds, same thing) are not poisonous to people. They can have toxic effects on some animals though.They have a foul odor which deters some predators from eating them and their bright colors also help as a deterrent. They come in all different colors, even pink. have just been bitten or stung by a black ladybird with 2 large and 2 smaller spots on its back, is this poisonous?? only reason i ask is that my hand and arm are going numb............