Homeowners often confuse traditional ladybugs with the Asian Lady beetle, notes Duncan. "This is a true pest and has been known to bite," he says. The easiest way to tell the two apart? Their ...

As children, we have all been taught an old English nursery rhyme about ladybugs, dating back to 1744 that has several versions. One goes, “Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home, Your house is on fire, ...

There’s still much to learn from ladybugs (or ‘ladybirds’, depending where you are in the world). The flying beetles show a special ability to fold up their wings once they have landed. This allows ...

The astonishing success of the alien invasive harlequin ladybird (ladybug) in Britain has given a team of scientists a unique opportunity to investigate a key ecological theory – the Enemy Release ...

On a drive through the mountains of West Virginia last week I pulled off the road to photograph an especially colorful scene, embellished by a river winding through the wooded valley. I left the door ...

In what has become a local rite of spring, ladybugs are flying off the shelves at nurseries and big-box hardware stores across the valley. Plant retailers can't seem to keep the live insects in stock, ...

Ladybugs love to snack on aphids and other pests. So people began importing an Asian species called the harlequin ladybird as natural pest control. But in their new environments, the harlequins wiped ...

Rather than escape outside, I have been enjoying escaping inside to my soaking bathtub after a bone-chilling cold day out.And I have not been alone in the bathroom. We have guests this winter who are ...