ladybug
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Zach Isenmann, general manager of STL Pest Control in St. Louis, said this fall’s ladybug season has been worse than usual.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
“Before the game, a ladybug landed on my shoe. And you all know what that means,” Aiyuk said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
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
For Worlds, I made sure to pack my lucky turtle, the one with a little red ladybug on its back.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
The phenomenon is ironic, said Ric Bessin, a professor of entomology at the University of Kentucky, since ladybugs have traditionally been a symbol of cleanliness and order.
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
One group huddles around a netted container, peering through magnifying glasses at the ladybugs inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2023
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
The sky was clear, the birds were singing, and I felt contented after my difficult night just to be lying in the grass, feeling the ladybugs crawl up my ears.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
