ladybug
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The ladybug, once a treasured member of the animal kingdom, is six legs deep in a publicity crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
In another, a ladybug drinks water from a dewdrop on a long blade of grass.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 22, 2024
As Stickman peered out from behind the fruit bowl, he saw a friendly-looking ladybug named Lila, who had accidentally knocked over the saltshaker.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
“If we see a kid get interested in a ladybug crawling on the ground, we turn that into a month-long lesson on what it eats, its transformation and how it protects the garden.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
“It does,” I say, noticing a ladybug has landed on my hand.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
For Nixon, capturing ladybugs one-by-one with a piece of paper and a red Solo cup wasn’t going to work; there were too many.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
As he learned to live with an irregular heartbeat, he found joy in his family’s tiny garden and marveled at all the ladybugs that gathered on the tulsi, a special type of basil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
Participants placed some animals, such as squirrels and ladybugs, in all or almost all locations.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024
She arrived in a white short-sleeved, high-necked sweater, dotted with outsize ladybugs, and her affect was as wholesome, earnest and embraceably eccentric as her style.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2023
There's Jamie and me as children, hiding in trees and searching for ladybugs.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
