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The name coccinellids is derived from the Latin word coccineus meaning "scarlet".
The name "ladybird" originated in Britain where the insects became known as "Our Lady's bird" or the "Lady Beetle". Ladybugs aren’t true bugs at all, they’re beetles.
One of the leading theories behind the name “ladybug” or “lady beetle” is that it came about as a result of its bright red shell, which is not too dissimilar from the red cloak of Mary, who is often pictured wearing one in biblical paintings. There’s also an old European legend that states that farmers many hundreds of years ago prayed to the Virgin Mary asking for help to save them from the pests devouring their crops and in return she sent a swarm of tiny beetles bearing her trademark coat to eat the pests.
There are about 5,000 different species of ladybugs in the world and 400 of them can be found in North America. They come in many different colors and patterns, but the most familiar in North America is the seven-spotted ladybug. A common error, totally unfounded, is that the number of spots on the insect's back indicates its age. In fact, the underlying pattern and coloration are determined by the species and genetics of the beetle and develop as the insect matures.
Female ladybugs are larger than male ladybugs. Females can eat as many as 75 aphids in one day and they also like to eat scale, mealybugs and spider mites. A ladybug’s jaws chew from side to side instead of up and down like our jaws.
Instead of heading south for the winter, ladybugs living in colder climates enter diapause, a type of insect hibernation. When the aphids begin to disappear, ladybugs realize that winter is coming and flock together to reproduce right before entering hibernation. During this period, which can last as long as nine months, they live on their fat reserves, which hold them until spring when insects become plentiful again.
If food is scarce, ladybugs will do what they must to survive, even if it means eating each other. A hungry ladybug will make a meal of any soft-bodied sibling it encounters. Newly emerged adults or recently molted larvae are soft enough for the average ladybug to chew.
If you startle a ladybug, a foul-smelling hemolymph will seep from its leg joints, leaving yellow stains on the surface below. Potential predators may be deterred by the vile-smelling mix of alkaloids and equally repulsed by the sight of a seemingly sickly beetle. Ladybug larvae can also ooze alkaloids from their abdomens.
in 1999 four ladybugs were sent into space on NASA's space shuttle led by Eileen Collins. Ladybugs and their favorite food, aphids, were sent to zero gravity to study how aphids would get away without the aid of gravity.
In many cultures ladybugs are considered to be good luck.
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