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ladybug

[ley-dee-buhg] / ˈleɪ diˌbʌg /


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Many of them, Losey said, assume the insects must be a different bug altogether, since “no self-respecting ladybug would come into my house.”

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

I carried it with me every day, like I carried my pink, sparkly ladybug lunchbox.

From Seattle Times Sep. 5, 2023

They giggled and zoomed in on their friends’ faces, and looked at the snow on the mountains and a ladybug on a blade of grass.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2023

I watched a ladybug crawl along the edge of the sink.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

A cluster of the insects is even known as a loveliness of ladybugs.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 16, 2025

Participants placed some animals, such as squirrels and ladybugs, in all or almost all locations.

From Science Daily May 8, 2024

Shilling’s upcoming solo exhibition of paintings and ceramics, “A Bug’s Life” at Jeffrey Deitch Los Angeles in April, will feature “spring themes” such as frogs, flora and fauna, ladybugs, caterpillars and butterflies.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2023

In the United Kingdom, some species of bees, ladybugs and spider populations are declining at faster rates in protected natural areas.

From Salon Jan. 26, 2023

There were giant butterflies and ladybugs scattered among the blossoms.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez




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