We think of ladybugs as cute red beetles associated with good luck and gardening. But the real ladybug story involves ...

NEW YORK -- Leah Tyrrell wants to make something clear: She does not wear ladybug sweatshirts. She does not carry her belongings in ladybug bags, shelter from the rain beneath a ladybug-shaped ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Two years ago in Virginia, two children made a discovery near their home ...

They're spotty and dotty and help suppress pests. But over the past several decades, native ladybug species, such as the nine-spotted ladybug, have become rare in the United States. Researchers want ...

Ladybugs: the epitome of charismatic minifauna. We recognize them instantly, these jolly, rotund, shiny little characters with their funny cartoon-bug feet, and gardeners value their pest control ...

ITHACA — The rare nine-spotted ladybug, subject of a nationwide citizen science project launched after it appeared the insect had gone extinct, has been found in New York state for the first time ...

ELLICOTTVILLE -- Cornell Cooperative Extension Cattaraugus County's Master Gardener Program received rare nine spotted lady bugs, larvae and eggs as part of Cornell's Lost Ladybug project to help ...

The nine-spotted ladybug is making a comeback and it’s a miracle, scientists say, because they feared for a while that the polka-dot beetle was on a slippery slide into extinction. Nine-spotted ...

Ladybugs gather in the Oakland Hills to spend the winter. Photo by Sara Fetterly It’s time for the annual convergence of ladybugs in our East Bay redwoods. Every winter the jewel-like insects gather ...

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find ladybugs! About 20 years ago, researchers realized that the nine-spotted ladybug had not been seen for a while in New York state, where they ...