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 ...

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 ...

Across the state, a little beetle is sought after by scientists, gardeners, and nature lovers alike. It’s a nine-spotted ladybug, the official state insect. Across the state, a little beetle is sought ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...