ladybugs

There are more than 4,000 species of beetles that most people call "ladybugs," but one of those species, Asian multicolored lady beetles, is the one most likely to come inside.

Ladybugs may have flown into your home 2011

I got up and suddenly noticed that the ladybugs were all over me.

Strange dreams nathreee 2007

“A lady bird is what we in the South call ladybugs.”

The Worst Years of Your Life Mark Jude Poirier 2007

City Forester Chris Forman likes the idea of ladybugs but isn't sure they alone can get the job done.

Vail Daily - Top Stories Associated Press Aspen, CO Colorado 2009

For example, some species of lady beetles, commonly known as ladybugs or ladybird beetles, are aphidophagous, meaning they eat aphids.

Museum Blogs 2009

Lady beetles, commonly called ladybugs or ladybirds, are especially important to agricultural states such as South Dakota.

High Plains Journal 2008

Then there are multicolored Asian lady beetles, otherwise known as ladybugs, and boxelder bugs.

High Plains Journal 2008

Then there are multicolored Asian lady beetles, otherwise known as ladybugs, and boxelder bugs.

High Plains Journal 2008

The first-grade teacher who led the session refers to students as her little "ladybugs," decorates her class in red and black, and emphasizes community-building, an idea that Pointer says she strives to create in her own classroom.

Separate but equal: More schools are dividing classes by gender 2010

In addition, they carried out two years of field tests to determine how well each pesticide worked at killing aphids, the intended target, while leaving the aphid's natural predators, such as ladybugs, unharmed.

Ars Technica 2010