You may know ladybugs for their red and black spots. But did you know the "ladybug" is actually more than one type of insect? There are about 5,000 species in the Coccinellidae, or ladybug, family.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Insects are looking for warmth during these cooler months, so you may notice you’re on pest patrol more often around your home. But what you might think are typical, spotted-red ...

Have a ladybug invasion? You're not alone. They're just looking for a nice place to overwinter, entomologists say. That's no consolation to New Jersey homeowners who would just as soon not be the ...

(UPI) -- Record numbers of ladybugs are swarming swaths of the South. The multi-colored Asian Lady Beetles usually surface around this time of year -- just after the first cold snap -- but weather ...

Way back in the 1960s and '70s, the nine-spotted ladybug was the most common ladybug in the northeastern US. So beloved was this particular ladybug that it was designated as the official state insect ...

BISMARCK - A group of North Dakota second-graders will go all out next week in their effort to convince state lawmakers to make the ladybug the state insect. Kenmare teacher Tamara McNeiley will bring ...