Many of you have noticed large numbers of ladybugs crawling all over vehicles and houses. According to the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, these ladybugs may be a specific type known as Asian ...

Along with some unexpected pest problems brought by Tropical Storm Helene, Western North Carolina is beginning to see a seasonal influx of certain insects. Insects usually identified as ladybugs are, ...

Spring brings showers, flowers and a ton of insects. This includes ladybugs – one of the rare insect species people aren’t rushing to crush – which is likely due to the belief that they’re a good omen ...

Ladybugs are familiar and beloved fixtures of our gardens, but there’s more to them than cuteness. Take a second look at these backyard insects. Ladybugs aren’t bugs—they’re beetles. True bugs belong ...

Way back in the 1960s and '70s, the nine-spotted ladybug was the most common ladybug in the northeastern US. So beloved was this particular ladybug that it was designated as the official state insect ...

BISMARCK - A group of North Dakota second-graders will go all out next week in their effort to convince state lawmakers to make the ladybug the state insect. Kenmare teacher Tamara McNeiley will bring ...

Did you know that Massachusetts’ official state insect is the ladybug? The law was passed in 1974 after a large group of second graders from Kennedy School in Franklin, Mass. visited lawmakers at the ...