Lady bug

Lady beetle

Coccinella magnifica01.jpg Coccinella magnifica

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Suborder: Polyphaga Superfamily: Cucujoidea Family: Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807 [1]

Subfamilies [1]

Chilocorinae Mulsant, 1846 Coccidulinae Mulsant, 1846 Coccinellinae Latreille, 1807 Epilachninae Mulsant, 1846 Hyperaspidinae Duverger, 1989 Microweiseinae Leng, 1920[2] Scymninae Mulsant, 1846 Sticholotidinae Weise, 1901

In culture

Card cutout ladybirds for a children's nature trail Ladybirds have long been of interest to children. They had many regional names (now mostly disused) in English, such as variations on Bishop-Barnaby (Norfolk and Suffolk dialect) – Barnabee, Burnabee, the Bishop-that-burneth, and bishy bishy barnabee.[36][37] The etymology is unclear, but it may be from St. Barnabas' feast in June, when the insect appears, or a corruption of "Bishop-that-burneth", from the fiery elytra of the beetles.[38]

The ladybird was immortalised in the popular children's nursery rhyme Ladybird Ladybird:

Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home

Your house is on fire and your children are gone All except one, and that's Little Anne

For she has crept under the warming pan. This poem has its counterpart in German as Marienwürmchen, collected in Des Knaben Wunderhorn, and set to music by Robert Schumann as Op. 79, No. 13, and a Polish nursery rhyme, "Little Ladybirds' Anthem", of which a part ("fly to the sky, little ladybird, bring me a piece of bread") became a saying.[39]

Many cultures consider ladybirds lucky and have nursery rhymes or local names for the insects that reflect this. For instance, the Turkish name for the insect is uğur böceği, literally meaning "good luck bug". In many countries, including Russia, Turkey, and Italy, the sight of a coccinellid is either a call to make a wish or a sign that a wish will soon be granted.

In Christian areas, they are often associated with the Virgin Mary and the name that the insect bears in the various languages of Europe corresponds to this. Though historically many European languages referenced Freyja, the fertility goddess of Norse mythology, in the names, the Virgin Mary has now largely supplanted her, so that, for example, freyjuhœna (Old Norse) and Frouehenge have been changed into marihøne (Norwegian) and Marienkäfer (German), which corresponds with Our Lady's bird.[40] Sometimes, the insect is referred to as belonging directly to God (Irish bóín Dé, Polish boża krówka, Russian божья коровка (bozhya korovka), all meaning "God's [little] cow").[41] In Dutch it is called lieveheersbeestje, meaning "little animal of our Good Lord". In both Hebrew and Yiddish, it is called "Moshe Rabbenu's (i.e. Moses's) little cow" or "little horse", apparently an adaptation from Slavic languages. Occasionally, it is called "little Messiah".[42]

The insects have been used to symbolise Ladybird Books (part of Penguin Group),[43][44] the Ladybird range of children's clothing sold by the former high street chain Woolworth's in the UK,[45] while the ladybird street tile is a symbol against senseless violence in the Netherlands, and is often placed on the sites of deadly crimes.[46] Ladybirds have served as the US state insects of Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, and Tennessee, though only New York has selected a species native to the United States (Coccinella novemnotata); the other states have all adopted an invasive European species (Coccinella septempunctata).[47] They have also been adopted as the mascot of Candanchú,[48] a ski resort near Canfranc in the Spanish Pyrenees.

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Coccinellidae BugGuide Family Coccinellidae - Lady Beetles Ladybirds of Australia Harlequin Ladybird survey in the British Isles Biological control: Predators: Lady beetles Cornell University's Guide to natural enemies in North America Nedvěd O., Kovář I., 2012: Appendix: List of genera in tribes and subfamilies. In: Hodek I., Honěk A., van Emden H.F. (2012) Ecology and Behaviour of the Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae). John Wiley and Sons Ltd. pp. 526–531. National Geographic Kids – Ladybugs Ladybird beetles of Florida on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures website. Ladybird beetles – recent immigrants to Florida on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures website. The Lost Ladybug Project Ongoing North American Ladybeetle Survey and Citizen Science Project based at Cornell University – Submit Photos Camila Domonoske (May 20, 2017). "Scientists Sneak A Peek At How Ladybugs Fold Their Wings". NPR.

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Taxon identifiers

Wd: Q25327 · ADW: Coccinellidae · BugGuide: 179 · EoL: 7459 · EPPO: 1COCNF · Fauna Europaea: 11062 · Fossilworks: 69479 · GBIF: 7782 · ITIS: 114329 · NCBI: 7080 · NZOR: 77419912-22a9-4a90-84de-fe1ebc82034d · WoRMS: 150712

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LCCN: sh85073911 · GND: 4130414-7 · NDL: 00572879

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Contents [hide] 1 Arts and media 1.1 Film and television 1.2 Music 1.2.1 Bands and performers 1.2.2 Songs 1.2.3 Albums

1.3 Other uses in arts and media

2 Other uses 3 See also

Coccinellidae, commonly known as ladybugs or ladybirds, are a family of beetles.

Ladybug or ladybird may also refer to:

Arts and media[edit]

Film and television[edit] Ladybird, Ladybird (film), a 1994 UK drama-documentary about a woman losing custody of her four children Ladybugs (film), a 1992 film starring Rodney Dangerfield Lady Bird (film), a 2017 film starring Saoirse Ronan Miraculous Ladybug, a 2015 Japanese-French-Italian-Korean CGI action/adventure animated series Ladybird (King of the Hill), the name of Hank Hill's dog on King of the Hill "Ladybird", an episode of the television series Teletubbies

Music[edit]

Bands and performers[edit] Lady Bird (duo), a dance music crew from Japan 22-Pistepirkko (22-Spotted Ladybird), a Finnish popular music band Ladybug, a member of the rap group Digable Planets The Ladybirds, a British trio most noted for appearing on The Benny Hill Show in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, usually as backup vocals The Ladybirds (es:The Ladybirds#The Ladybirds (Estados Unidos)), an American all-women band in the 1960s that was known for performing topless The Ladybirds (es:The Ladybirds#The Ladybirds (Dinamarca)), a Danish all-women band in the 1960s that was known for performing topless with Led Zeppelin The Ladybirds (band), an American retro garage rock band active since 2007 LadybiRdS, an American pop rock band active since 2005

Songs[edit] "Ladybird", a track on Everybody Loves a Happy Ending by 1980s British pop band Tears for Fears "Lady Bird" (composition), a jazz standard by Tadd Dameron "Ladybug", a song by Breaking Benjamin on their 3rd EP, So Cold "Ladybird", a track on the album 604 by the band Ladytron "Ladybird", a song on the 1983 album Mummer by English band XTC "Ladybug", a song on the album These Are the Good Times People by The Presidents of the United States of America "Lady Bug", a disco single by Bumble Bee Unlimited released in 1976 Ladybird Ladybird, an English nursery rhyme (also known as Ladybug Ladybug in North America)

Albums[edit] Ladybird (Dexter Gordon album), 1965, released in 2005 Lady Bird (album), 1978, Archie Shepp Ladybird (Shit and Shine album), 2005

Other uses in arts and media[edit] The Ladybird, a novella by D. H. Lawrence Lady Bug (video game), a 1981 arcade game released by Universal Games Ladybird Books, a children's book publisher, based in London

Other uses[edit] Lady Bird Johnson, popular nickname for Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson, the First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 The Ladybird of Szeged (Szegedi Katicabogár), an early robot constructed in Hungary in 1956–1957 Ladybird (clothing), a British children's clothing label sold exclusively in Woolworths until they went into administration in 2008, and which has now been sold to Shop Direct Two species of Eresus, commonly known as "Ladybird spiders" HMS Ladybird, one of several ships of the British Royal Navy Lady Bird Lake, a reservoir on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas