lady beetle
1lady beetle — noun small round bright colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests • Syn: ↑ladybug, ↑ladybeetle, ↑ladybird, ↑ladybird beetle • Hypernyms: ↑beetle • Hyponyms: ↑ …
2lady beetle — Ladybird La dy*bird , n. [Equiv. to, bird of Our Lady.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus {Coccinella} and allied genera (family {Coccinellid[ae]}); called also {ladybug}, {ladyclock}, {lady cow}, {lady fly},… …
3lady beetle — ladybug, small rounded brightly colored beetle, ladybird …
4lady beetle — noun see ladybug …
5lady beetle — noun Another term for a ladybug (US terminology) or ladybird (British terminology). This term is preferred by some scientists …
6Spotted lady beetle — Coleomegilla maculata Coleomegilla maculata on stem Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …
7Thirteen-spotted lady beetle — Taxobox name = Thirteen spotted lady beetle regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Coccinellidae genus = Hippodamia species = H. tredecimpunctata binomial = Hippodamia tredecimpunctata binomial… …
8Two-spotted lady beetle — Taxobox name = Two spotted lady beetle image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropod classis = Insecta ordo = Bug subordo = Polyphaga infraordo = Cucujiformia superfamilia = Cucujoidea familia = Coccinellidae genus = Adalia species = A …
9Convergent lady beetle — Taxobox name = Convergent lady beetle image caption = Yosemite National Park image width = 166px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Coccinellidae genus = Hippodamia species = H. convergens binomial …
10Twice-stabbed lady beetle — Taxobox | name = Chilocorus stigma image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Coccinellidae genus = Chilocorus species = C. stigma binomial = Chilocorus stigma binomial authority = (Say …
