It’s easy to confuse ladybugs with Asian lady beetles. Both have bright, colorful shells with black spots. Both help to brighten up your garden. And regardless of which one you encounter, you should ...
As summer turns into fall, you may start noticing ladybugs inside your home, only they're not ladybugs. Ladybugs have a similar looking relative that causes ladybugs to get the blame for infestations ...
Ladybugs, also known as lady beetles or ladybirds, are members of the Coccinellidae family of insects. And, like in many families, there are both good and bad members. The good lady beetles help ...
A popular symbol of springtime is the red and black dome of a ladybug as it strolls along a plant stem looking for its next meal. Lady “bugs” are a group of beetles that are known as ladybird beetles ...
It's that time of year again when small insects that give ladybugs a bad name make their way into homes across the country. While ladybugs may be blamed for wintertime infestations, it's actually a ...
As temperatures drop and Oklahoma braces for its first real cold snap, tiny invaders are making a move, and they're heading straight for your warm, cozy home. You might think you're spotting cute ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Spotting lots of ladybugs coming out of cracks and holes in your home as the autumn chill settles in? These are not the seven-spotted ones that Tennessee adores. The beetles ...
Someone once told me that a ladybug landing on you brings good luck. So recently, after a trip to Cordova Park in Otley, Iowa, I was ecstatic when I returned home and noticed what appeared to be a ...
We’ve already had cicadas, ticks, mosquitoes and spotted lanternflies bugging us this year. And now residents of the Northeast could be bracing for another annoyance — swarms of multicolored Asian ...
Intraspecific variation and genotypic diversity of host-plants can affect the structure of associated arthropod communities and the dynamics of populations. Similarly, neighboring plants can also ...
And now, new research has uncovered a ladybird spider in the wilds of a cork oak forest in southern Morocco — and it’s unlike ...