Baby ladybirds are UGLY!!!

ecowarriorecowarrior Registered Users Posts: 19 Big grins
edited July 4, 2010 in Holy Macro
Found this "Harmonia Axyridis" on one of the plants in my wife's vegetable patch. Apparently this is the larvae stage of a ladybird! Beauty and the Beast I think....

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Nikon D200, SB-600, 105mm Micro VR, 50mm 1.8, 18-70mm

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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2010
    yup good stage 2 pupal ....wiki shot here

    My curiosity is about the name.....here i have always heard them referred to as
    Ladybugs.....why does your culture refer to them as ladybirds......sense they are not
    birds but insects??
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  • basfltbasflt Registered Users Posts: 1,882 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2010
    Art Scott wrote: »
    My curiosity is about the name.....here i have always heard them referred to as
    Ladybugs.....why does your culture refer to them as ladybirds......sense they are not
    birds but insects??

    thats a good one
    in my culture it's an "our dear lords animal"
    that sounds better ???????????????
    Bas

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  • ecowarriorecowarrior Registered Users Posts: 19 Big grins
    edited July 3, 2010
    Art Scott wrote: »
    yup good stage 2 pupal ....wiki shot here

    My curiosity is about the name.....here i have always heard them referred to as
    Ladybugs.....why does your culture refer to them as ladybirds......sense they are not
    birds but insects??


    I could probably look up the technical reason but in all honesty I think it's cos us Brits are a bit weird :)
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2010
    Good capture ! - agree they are ugly.
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  • PunkybethPunkybeth Registered Users Posts: 159 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2010
    Hey Art...I was curious too, so I Wikipedia'd it. Here's what they say...

    The name "ladybird" originated in the Middle Ages when the insects were known as the "beetle of Our Lady" . They were named after The Virgin Mary, who in early religious paintings was often shown wearing a red cloak. The spots of the seven spot ladybird were said to symbolise seven joys and seven sorrows.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_6-0" class="reference">[7]</sup> Common names in other European languages have the same association (the German name Marienkäfer translates to "Marybeetle" or ladybeetle).<sup id="cite_ref-Florida_7-0" class="reference">[8]</sup> In the USA the name was Americanized to "ladybug".<sup id="cite_ref-Florida_7-1" class="reference">[8]</sup>

    Art Scott wrote: »
    yup good stage 2 pupal ....wiki shot here

    My curiosity is about the name.....here i have always heard them referred to as
    Ladybugs.....why does your culture refer to them as ladybirds......sense they are not
    birds but insects??
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