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They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in the United Kingdom; "lady" refers to mother Mary. Entomologists use the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles to avoid confusion with true bugs. The more than 6,000 described species have a global distribution and are found in a variety of habitats.
Coccinella septempunctata, the common ladybug, the seven-spot ladybird (or, in North America, seven-spotted ladybug or "C-7" [1]), is a carnivorous beetle native to the Old World and is the most common ladybird in Europe. The beetle is also found in North America, Central and Eastern Asia and regions with a temperate climate.
Coccinella novemnotata, the nine-spotted ladybug or nine-spotted lady beetle or C9, is a species of ladybug in the family Coccinellidae native to North America. This beetle was once ubiquitous across the continent but it experienced a sharp and drastic decline around the 1960s. [ 1 ]
Adalia bipunctata, the two-spot ladybird, two-spotted ladybug or two-spotted lady beetle, is a carnivorous [1] beetle of the family Coccinellidae that is found throughout the holarctic region. It is very common in western and central Europe. It is also native to North America but it has heavily declined in many states and provinces.
Some ladybugs are colored a bold, brilliant red, which acts as a defense mechanism, warning away predators. Since red is also the hue associated with passion, ladybugs have come to embody love in ...
Halmus chalybeus, commonly known as the steelblue ladybird, is a species of ladybird (the beetle family Coccinellidae) native to Australia.It has a rounded appearance with an iridescent blue/green colouration and is a predator of other insects.
Unlike wasps that can sting and mosquitos that can leave you itchy, ladybugs bring no harm to humans, making kids and adults alike less wary of them. In fact, seeing a ladybug in the wild is often ...
The Nebo School District in Utah offered edible bugs to students as extra credit on a writing assignment.