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Like bears in the winter, ladybugs, also known as lady beetles and ladybird beetles, go through their own hybernation process in the winter, called “overwinter,” said Jimmy Pitzer ...

How unusual is an instance like this? It's not entirely clear, but Russell said that Asian ladybugs are an invasive species that has gradually replaced North American ladybugs over the past 100 years.

On a jog up Napa’s Dry Creek Road recently, I saw a magnificent sight: thousands of ladybugs clumped together on fences (even barbed wire) and on old, mossy tree stumps. The most unusual ladybug ...

Initially, I stumbled on the sight. A fellow hiker said, “Hey, go look over there,” and what I found was so odd and unexpected, creepy and magical, I hadn’t been able to stop thinking about it.

Heaps of ladybugs recently turned branches, leaves and patches of trees along a Santa Monica Mountains trail into a moving jumble of red wings and tiny black dots.. A cold spell may be the reason ...

Ladybugs are some of the world’s most beloved insects. They are welcome garden visitors, especially when less well-behaved insects cause trouble. One ladybug eats 5,000 aphids in its one-year ...

If you've ventured outdoors recently, you might have noticed an unusual amount of ladybugs — or perhaps insects that appear to be ladybugs but differ in a few subtle ways. As temperatures start ...

Are ladybugs being overtaken by wasps? An entomologist is investigating a type of wasp present in Quebec that forces ladybugs to carry their larvae. These wasps lay their eggs on the ladybug's ...