Ladybirds , lady beetles ,Ladybugs Facts

Coccinellidae is a family of beetles known as Ladybirds , which are also called Ladybugs, or lady beetles as these insects are not true bugs., farmers love them for their appetite as voracious pest-eaters. Ladybirds produce a liquid from joints in their legs which gives them a foul taste that make them unappealing to predators. A threatened ladybird may both play dead and secrete the unappetizing substance to protect itself. Ladybird /Coccinellids are often brightly colored to ward away potential predators. This phenomenon is called aposematism

The presence of Coccinellids in grape harvests can cause ladybird taint in wines produced from the grapes.

The ladybird is still-popular children's nursery rhyme Ladybird

Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home

Your house is on fire and your children are gone

All except one, and that's Little Anne

For she has crept under the warming pan.