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Definition of Lady beetle
1. Noun. Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests.
Generic synonyms: Beetle
Group relationships: Coccinellidae, Family Coccinellidae
Specialized synonyms: Adalia Bipunctata, Two-spotted Ladybug, Bean Beetle, Epilachna Varivestis, Mexican Bean Beetle, Hippodamia Convergens, Rodolia Cardinalis, Vedalia
Definition of Lady beetle
1. Noun. Another term for a ladybug (US terminology) or ladybird (British terminology). This term is preferred by some scientists. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lady Beetle
Literary usage of Lady beetle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"It feeds on scale insects and also on plant lice and the Colorado Potato Beetle.
FIo. 125.—Examples of lady beetles: a, Twice-stabbed lady beetle ..."
2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"Our attention was first called to this subject during the summer of when dead
examples of the common spotted lady-beetle {Megilla maculata) were found by ..."
3. Agriculture and Life: A Text-book for Normal Schools and Teachers' Reading by Arthur D Cromwell (1915)
"15-spotted lady-beetle: a, larva; h, pupa; du, adult varieties. Experiment Stations
and the Xational Department of Agriculture are spending thousands of ..."
4. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"The natural behavior of the lady beetle in California is to fly out of their ...
A half-pint package of the convergent lady beetle, Hippodamia convergens, ..."
5. Class Book of Economic Entomology: With Special Reference to the Economic by William Lochhead (1919)
"Lady-bird beetles: a, a 2-spotted lady-beetle (Adalia bipunctata); b. the convergent
lady-beetle (Hippodamia convergens); c, the p-spotted lady- beetle ..."
6. A Textbook in General Zoology by Henry Richardson Linville, Henry Augustus Kelly (1906)
"This lady-beetle has now been introduced and distributed to infested regions,
... Lady-Beetle, x 2 The lady-beetles are protected by a yellow, odorous fluid ..."
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