Definition of Lady beetle

1. Noun. Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests.


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

lady's thumb
lady's tobacco
lady's tresses
lady-bird
lady-birds
lady-bug
lady-bugs
lady-in-waiting
lady-killer
lady-killers
lady-killing
lady-of-the-night
lady-slipper
lady abbess
lady abbesses
lady beetle (current term)
lady beetles
lady boy
lady boys
lady chapel
lady crab
lady crabs
lady fern
lady friend
lady friends
lady gardens
lady killer
lady killers

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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