I was telling my daughter about ladybugs and explaining that they eat aphids, but the ladybug I found in our yard had no spots. Is it still a ladybug? Ladybugs, or as the British call them ladybee… ...

Why are there so many ladybugs and lady beetles in Wisconsin right now? While you might feel like the beetles have appeared out of nowhere, they're actually around all year — but they become a ...

Once it's free, the ladybug’s armored forewings, called elytra, harden and develop their color and spots. Elytra protect the ladybug’s delicate hindwings, which it now stretches out for the ...

Ladybugs, or the Coleomegilla maculata, can be identified by their pink color and six large black spots on each wing.

In fact, the insects get the "multicolored" part of their name from the wide variation in their color, ranging from orange with no spots, orange with spots or almost fully black, Liesch said.