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 ...

Outdoors ladybugs and Asian lady beetles are good at eliminating garden pests. Indoors they can leaves stains and smells behind. Learn how to keep them away.

For many years we have had to endure a home invasion of ladybugs that are determined to make themselves bothersome ...

The ladybugs are back. Ladybugs, more formally known as ladybird beetles, are beginning their annual winter convention at Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park in the Oakland hills, though not in great ...

There are nearly 5,000 kinds of ladybugs; 400 types live in North America. Ladybugs taste bad. Their bright color warns birds and other predators to stay away. They defend themselveswith a bitter, ...

Called ladybugs by most of us, they have gone by several other names too; "Lord God's Little Fatty" in Switzerland, "Flower Lady" in China and "Moses Cow" in Hebrew. Each fall, adult ladybugs gather ...

The ladybird beetle is a deadly predator to aphids and other garden pests, but to 8-year-old Grace Bulanowski of East Northport it just tickles a bit. The oval-shaped insect, more commonly known as a ...

Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home, the nursery rhyme advises. And some 72,000 ladybugs have found a home within the Mall of America, where mall managers have released the insects inside the fully ...