ladybird
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
ladybird (plural ladybirds)
- Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.
- Synonyms: ladybug, coccinellid, lady beetle, lady cow, lady fly
- 1914, Entomological Society of America, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 7, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=conyAAAAMAAJ&q=%22ladybird%22|%22ladybirds%22|%22lady+bird|birds%22+-intitle:%22ladybird|ladybirds%22+-inauthor:%22ladybird%22&dq=%22ladybird%22|%22ladybirds%22|%22lady+bird|birds%22+-intitle:%22ladybird|ladybirds%22+-inauthor:%22ladybird%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SvybT7v3NumsiAf61bTYDg&redir_esc=y page 81],
- During this time, they eat about 825 Toxoptera per ladybird, making an average of about twenty-five per day to each ladybird.
- 1927, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Edward Everett Hale, and William Byron Forbush (editors), Childhood′s Favorites and Fairy Stories: The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1, Gutenberg eBook #19993 ↗,
- Lady-bird, lady-bird, fly away home, / Thy house is on fire, thy children all gone: / All but one whose name is Ann, / And she crept under the pudding-pan.
- 1976 September 30, Denis Owen, Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home, ''New Scientist, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5rH7T60TWMAC&pg=PA686&dq=%22ladybird%22|%22ladybirds%22|%22lady+bird|birds%22+-intitle:%22ladybird|ladybirds%22+-inauthor:%22ladybird%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=COWbT5PGG6eXiQeD2tCqDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22ladybird%22|%22ladybirds%22|%22lady%20bird|birds%22%20-intitle%3A%22ladybird|ladybirds%22%20-inauthor%3A%22ladybird%22&f=false page 686],
- Ladybirds, unlike most beetles, enjoy considerable popularity: they are attractive to look at and are well-known as useful predators of aphids—the greenfly and blackfly that destroy garden plants and crops.
- 2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, Springer-Verlag New York, 2nd Edition, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=i9ITMiiohVQC&pg=PA2130&dq=%22ladybird%22|%22ladybirds%22|%22lady+bird|birds%22+-intitle:%22ladybird|ladybirds%22+-inauthor:%22ladybird%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=COWbT5PGG6eXiQeD2tCqDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22ladybird%22|%22ladybirds%22|%22lady%20bird|birds%22%20-intitle%3A%22ladybird|ladybirds%22%20-inauthor%3A%22ladybird%22&f=false page 2130],
- Perhaps it was a sense of lack of effectiveness of native ladybirds in rapid and complete control of aphid infestations that led to attempts to import additional aphid-feeding ladybird species into North America.
- French: coccinelle
- German: Marienkäfer
- Italian: coccinella
- Portuguese: joaninha
- Russian: бо́жья коро́вка
- Spanish: mariquita, catarinita (Mexico), chinita (Chile), San Antonio (Uruguay), sarantontón (Canary Islands), vaquita de San Antonio (Argentina)
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