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What is the difference between ladybug, ladybeetle and ladybird?
Saturday, 16 July 2011
I constantly find myself using ladybird, and then I wonder whether I should be using ladybeetle or ladybug. I think they are interchangeable but never know which one is appropriate.
Life's little mystery number 892.
2 comments :
I grew up calling them ladybirds, but ladybeetle is probably more correct - as they are a beetle (order Coleoptera) and are not a bug (hemiptera), or a bird (not even an insect ... although they do both fly ...
wow. thanks for that information
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