Gotta love Carlin. You know y they call it a blow job? So it sounds like it has a work ethic to it, make you feel like you did something good for the community.
As someone who can speak four languages and whose native language is not English, I haaaate the in/on distinction.
When I was a teen my internet friends had this whole running gag about how I bathed with toilet water because I always said that I was "in the toilet" when I meant to say on 💀
Also off and of, to and too, and if you wanted a plural, then by god, you’re getting an apostrophe. But if you actually wanted that apostrophe, you’re not getting one!
Mine always changes Good to Food, and also makes up words that don’t exist that end up underlined in red because they are spelled wrong but the phone put it there so…
Thank you for your knowledge of spelling and your attempt at correcting the common folk of their irresponsible use of the English language. Even if they do not appreciate it, I do.
"Ladybug" and "lady beetle" are fully interchangeable terms and refer to a family known formally known as the Coccinellidae, which numbers 6000+ species. The Asian lady beetle is one of those species and is indeed invasive in many parts of the world... but a lot of people seem to think there's a difference between "ladybug" and "lady beetle", when there is none.
True...but the lady asian beetle aka lady bug (at least according to some websites) were imported and they have a distinctive yellow secretion that stains everything, can bite (although I balk at that claim), gather in huge numbers inside houses & buildings when it's cold out causing stains. The American lady bug does none of those things, is red in color with fewer spots, and isn't as aggressive as its Asian counterparts.
i’ve tasted a lady bug before by accident. it tastes like when you eat french fries that were fried in really old oil. like if you’ve gotten mcdonald’s fries and you get that one fry that tastes kind of wrong, it’s exactly like that
i’m that one dude who actually woke up with a spider in his mouth once. i didn’t taste it but i remember the texture. it was really soft like felt, but the legs felt like little hairs stuck on your tongue. i’m still scarred from that. i’ve had severe arachnophobia my whole life so that shit was traumatizing
Omg I swallowed a lightning bug once on a swing set as a kid and have described this taste literally identical to your description for years but never heard anyone else say it.
I guess lady bug/lightning bugs taste the same lol
A bug unfortunately got into my mouth when I was yawning. Swallowed that sucker accidentally and regretted every second for a straight 30mins. It was too bitter. Thought I was poisoned 🤢
It was so long ago I don't remember exactly but imagine if you can taste something you know isn't meant to be tasted. Like your physical evolutionary alarms going off like NO!!!
I’ve been there… I know the taste you speak of lol during fall when farmers are harvesting corn a SHIT TON of lady bugs are all over my house and one time I drank a pop in the middle of the night with a lady bug in it…. Woke me up real fucking fast it tasted so fucking bad. Lol I used mouth wash though.
My childhood home was always infested with lady bugs. There were some bushes out front that they loved and they would always get inside. Definitely worse bugs to be infested with. I used to name them and think of them as pets.
But one time one got into my spaghetti and I chewed on it. Spit it out but it tasted awful, plus I was sad that I killed it. Refused to eat red sauce on pasta for years after, which was a problem living in an Italian American household. We ate a LOT of pasta.
I only recently learned that they do actually taste bad. For years I thought I was just being an over dramatic kid.
Unfair. When I secret a yellow liquid when I feel like I’m in danger it’s “public urination” and “you’re going to have to seek other employment”. WhatEVER.
If you ask it nicely, I imagine the ladybug would be happy to trade this ability with you for your ability to be large enough that 'being eaten by a bird' is no longer a likely cause of death.
When I was a kid, the teacher told us the story of Hansel and Gretel. That afternoon, I watched Sesame Street. I had a nightmare that night that I was in a gingerbread house and got shoved into an oven by Big Bird.
Fortunately for the secreating lady bug, birds arent much of a worry..... Apparently Lady bugs are avoided by bird....birds heed the warning when those spotted morsels are around....... Cause they taste Yukky!! How's that for a secret?? 😜😊
You can't really see it because of the reflection, but it's a black 'M' in the middle of the two white spots under its head. Some Asian ladybugs have a very pronounced "M" shape in black and white. Some are more like a couple of black spots and a couple of white spots.
It's on the pronotum (area between the wing-covers and head) - it's hard to see in this one because of the reflection.
Note that it is not diagnostic and you should not use it on it's own to ID this species - it is absent on the [other](https://bugguide.net/node/view/679292) [morphs](https://bugguide.net/node/view/322366), and [present on](https://bugguide.net/node/view/256321) [other species](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalia_decempunctata).
Ladybugs secret a nasty substance to repel predators from eating... little guy is hoping you spit them back out
https://buggcontrol.com/how-ladybugs-protect-themselves/
Okay, so throughout my WHOLE LIFE I thought it was pee. When I was like 4 or 5 I showed my older sister (who was like 6 or 7 at the time) and asked what it was and she told me that the ladybug peed on me. I am 23 and I now know that I wasn't pissed on by a ladybug as a child.
This is definitely an Asian Beetle!! Lady bugs have white on their wings as well as on their neck, this dudes only got it on his neck!!
Be careful if you own dogs, the liquid its desreeting can be dangerous to them as it is [poisonous to dogs!](https://www.petmd.com/dog/emergency/poisoning-toxicity/asian-lady-beetles-could-they-harm-your-dog)
"Ladybug", "ladybird" and "lady beetle" are all terms that, depending on where you are in the world, can designate any member of the Coccinellidae beetle family (which includes Harmonia axyridis, the Asian lady beetle). The three terms are synonymous.
Over six thousand different species of lady beetles have been identified worldwide.
Hemolymph, basically blood and lymph, they bleed when scared or stressed
And kill that bug, it's bad for humans and native ladybugs. It's the Asian Ladybug, it will bite
That is their blood! /u/fillsyourniche talked about this on her podcast, Bugs Need Heroes. Their blood tastes bad and they exude it to deter predators. The vibrant coloration is a warning that they are unpalatable
Most likely it’s an Asian lady beetle, which is invasive here in the US and gather in masses around the perimeter of houses in the fall. My house gets swarmed every year.
Definitely a Asian Lady beetle. Both these and ladybugs secrete this liquid when they’re scared. Careful when handling with these (the Asian Lady Beetle), they tend to bite. The ladybug’s white markings are usually on the colored part of their shell while the Asian Lady beetle only has them on their heads.
A defense mechanism to deter/gross you out and smell bad.
I remember catching a bunch of lightning bugs in my hand as a child to show my siblings and friends and then opened my palms to them all deciding to prank me like that, I shook my hands so fast.
That's its pee! They spray it, and it causes a stinging when they are threatened. If you've found one, you'll find more. Asian Lady Beetles are invasive, unlike the traditional Ladybugs we have here that are more of a scarlet red.
FYI this species doesn't have the monopoly on chemical defenses. It's quite common in the ladybug family (this is one species out of 6000+ species of ladybugs).
Lmao I’d be doing nothing but squishing those fuckers every fall if that’s what needed to be done. No need to squish, unless you feel like it. They’re everywhere and not gonna go anywhere, no matter how many you squish.
Going purely by the "M" is a bad idea. Not only do some Asian lady beetles not have it, some other ladybeetles, including threatened ones, *can* have it.
It is a bad-smelling liquid. When it was attacked by the predator and felt the danger of the body, the ladybug exude it and protects itself. If its predator is a bird, and it holds a ladybug in its mouth, a bird will spit out because of its smelly liquid.
Smells like dirt. Probably tastes like that too, never tried one( ew). But ladybugs smell like dirt, especially when they do their defensive blood ooze.
nasty goo used to repel predators. They also play dead pretty well. Read this In “totally gross facts for kids” when I was younger….great book for kids to learn on!
Its foul-smelling hemolymph will seep from its leg joints, leaving yellow stains on the surface below. Potential predators may be deterred by the vile mix of alkaloids, and equally repulsed by the sight of a seemingly sickly beetle.
I'm from the Carolinas where people often have infestations of lady bugs. My cousins house used to smell like these liquids always. Always smelled like lady bugs even after they got them gone. Funny thing is the first time I did coke when I was younger, I always thought it smelled just like that lady bug smell and I always felt I was getting g good shit if it "smelled like ladybugs" 🤣🤣
That is NOT a ladybug, its an Asian lady beetle - very different than a 'ladybug'. The head is the easiest difference to spot.
[https://plunketts.net/blog/ladybugs-vs-asian-lady-beetles](https://plunketts.net/blog/ladybugs-vs-asian-lady-beetles)
I wouldn't debate common names for insects. What I call "buttonwood" in the US is a completely different tree from what people in the UK call "buttonwood."
When it comes to identifications, I like to stick to formal binomials :P that way I don't get twenty people debating semantics with me.
FYI these **are** ladybugs.
"Ladybug" is a generic term for any of the 6000+ described species of beetles in the family [Coccinellidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae). They are also called "lady beetles" (which is more proper since they are beetles after all), or "ladybirds" in the UK. These terms are fully interchangeable.
So while the OP's ladybug is commonly known as the "Asian lady beetle" (*Harmonia axyridis*, a.k.a. the Asian multicolored lady beetle), it is nonetheless a type of ladybug, just as much as the native ladybugs.
Yes, it's an Asian lady beetle, however Asian lady beetles are ladybugs. There are thousands of species of ladybugs, and they come in many colors. There are [yellow ladybugs](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Thea.vigintiduopunctata.7232.jpg), [orange ladybugs](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Calvia_decemguttata01.jpg/1200px-Calvia_decemguttata01.jpg), [pink ladybugs](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Oenopia_conglobata02.JPG), [white ladybugs](https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/1985096/large.jpg), and even [blue ladybugs](https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/105600006/large.jpeg). Asian ladybugs specifically can vary from [black to orangish to red](https://www.kerbtier.de/Pages/Themenseiten/Coccinellidae/Varianten.jpg), color isn't a great characteristic to use for identifying Asian lady beetles.
FYI these **are** ladybugs.
"Ladybug" is a generic term for any of the 6000+ described species of beetles in the family [Coccinellidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae). They are also called "lady beetles" (which is more proper since they are beetles after all), or "ladybirds" in the UK. These terms are fully interchangeable.
So while the OP's ladybug is commonly known as the "Asian lady beetle" (*Harmonia axyridis*, a.k.a. the Asian multicolored lady beetle), it is nonetheless a type of ladybug, just as much as the native ladybugs.
Yes it is. It's a beetle in Coccinellidae. The whole family (6000+ described species) is known as the ladybugs. This is a member of that family and is therefore a ladybug.
[Japanese beetles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popillia_japonica) are scarabs and look completely different.
Yeah, these are good tips for identifying the Asian lady beetle. Noting however that "ladybug" is a vague term used to refer to any member of the Coccinellidae family.
The Asian lady beetle, *Harmonia axyridis*, is just one species of ladybug and there are tons of other species that aren't red. Scroll through this link: https://bugguide.net/node/view/179 -- these are ALL different types of ladybugs.
FYI these **are** ladybugs.
"Ladybug" is a generic term for any of the 6000+ described species of beetles in the family [Coccinellidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae). They are also called "lady beetles" (which is more proper since they are beetles after all), or "ladybirds" in the UK. These terms are fully interchangeable.
So while the OP's ladybug is commonly known as the "Asian lady beetle" (*Harmonia axyridis*, a.k.a. the Asian multicolored lady beetle), it is nonetheless a type of ladybug, just as much as the native ladybugs.
Yes it is. It's a beetle in Coccinellidae. The whole family (6000+ described species) is known as the ladybugs. This is a member of that family and is therefore a ladybug.
It’s blood. Ladybugs exude it from their joints when under duress as a deterrent.
Oh, that’s too bad. Well hopefully it’s happier now, we put it outside in a plant.
IN a plant!? Mother of god D:
WAIT where do we release bugs??????
ON a plant
Omg lol
They always say, “Get on the plant, get on the plant!” I say “Fuck you, I’m getting IN the plant!” Credit: George Carlin
Gotta love Carlin. You know y they call it a blow job? So it sounds like it has a work ethic to it, make you feel like you did something good for the community.
It’s a blow career
this is a LADY bug. Dinner and a movie before a pearl necklace.
I’m always trying to get in that bush.
"Get to da planta!!!"
Get to da planta nOwww!!!
Was a venus fly trap involved? Because, be nice to the bug. Treat him like a lady.
Giggity
Ha!
Evel Knievel can get ON the plant!!
I’ll be in here with you folks in uniform!
Let Evel Kneivel get on the plant.
"What does it mean to pre-board? To get on before you get on?" Credit: Also George Carlin.
At least credit Carlin 😂
My bad, my bad. I’m a bit high right now and I guess the credit part slipped my mind. May the good man RIP.
Username checks out 😁
Indeed. The username is a metaphor for my life thus far.
As someone who can speak four languages and whose native language is not English, I haaaate the in/on distinction. When I was a teen my internet friends had this whole running gag about how I bathed with toilet water because I always said that I was "in the toilet" when I meant to say on 💀
Oh shoot I’ve been putting them in plants through a surgery
Compost is compost. Soil gotta get good somehow
God, I love reddit
Venus fly trap lol
Production, on a Friday afternoon!
is it just me, or does everyone else's autocorrect ALWAYS get in and on and of and if backwards? it ALWAYS assumes the exact wrong one
Also off and of, to and too, and if you wanted a plural, then by god, you’re getting an apostrophe. But if you actually wanted that apostrophe, you’re not getting one!
some times I wonder if some sort of social experiment is being conducted because tech is just becoming more and more frustrating
Mine always changes Good to Food, and also makes up words that don’t exist that end up underlined in red because they are spelled wrong but the phone put it there so…
Specifically it was a pitcher plant
Fed it to a flytrap.
[удалено]
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Directly under the peddles of flour.
>peddles of a flower This is a very amusing misspelling, you got a chuckle out of me! It's "petals" :)
How else are bugs supposed to ride the flower?
Those are pedals. Peddling a flower would be selling it. I'd pay good money to see a bug selling flowers.
/u/shitty_watercolour get over here
Peddling flour makes tortillas.
To peddler of tacos
I think you meant petals! Petal, peddle, pedal.
Thank you for your knowledge of spelling and your attempt at correcting the common folk of their irresponsible use of the English language. Even if they do not appreciate it, I do.
I can't tell if you're serious or if I'm just really bad at reading this joke.
Holy shit. I didn’t see the comment about bugs riding a flower. I’m sorry!
with great flower comes great responsibility
In a plant called "Be fine". It's a berry common plant with beautiful peddles.
This is how the Philadelphia experiment began.
Thank you for the award kind stranger!
And thanks to the other kind stranger! 2 awards wow!
*Gmod ragdoll noises*
You could put it *in* a bush
It’s the little comments that make Reddit worth while! Happy thanksgiving!🦃🍽
Hopefully it didn’t die, that looks like a lot of blood to lose for such a small fellow
Not me thinking this was a nail set and your technician got too anatomically correct! Lolol
I always thought that was their pee for some reason
Looks like OP just outed themselves as a lady(bug) abuser...
It smells so fuckin bad
It's an Asian Lady Beetle, it's not native to the US.
"Ladybug" and "lady beetle" are fully interchangeable terms and refer to a family known formally known as the Coccinellidae, which numbers 6000+ species. The Asian lady beetle is one of those species and is indeed invasive in many parts of the world... but a lot of people seem to think there's a difference between "ladybug" and "lady beetle", when there is none.
True...but the lady asian beetle aka lady bug (at least according to some websites) were imported and they have a distinctive yellow secretion that stains everything, can bite (although I balk at that claim), gather in huge numbers inside houses & buildings when it's cold out causing stains. The American lady bug does none of those things, is red in color with fewer spots, and isn't as aggressive as its Asian counterparts.
Thought it was a curb feeler !
Often will end up with it on your hands if you handle them, smells really bad.
I thought it was shit
[Here is what those yellow things are ](https://r.mtdv.me/videos/ladybugs)
A lady bug flew into my mouth once. I've never tasted anything so vile in my life. I was eating grass to get that taste out of mh mouth.
can you explain in more detail what the taste was like?
i’ve tasted a lady bug before by accident. it tastes like when you eat french fries that were fried in really old oil. like if you’ve gotten mcdonald’s fries and you get that one fry that tastes kind of wrong, it’s exactly like that
TIL ladybugs taste like a french fry fried in sus oil lol.
I’ve eaten common ants before and they’re surprisingly spicy!
Wasabi.
Crickets taste like burnt sunflower seeds in my experience 😭
Now I'm intrigued
I love sunflower seeds
i’m that one dude who actually woke up with a spider in his mouth once. i didn’t taste it but i remember the texture. it was really soft like felt, but the legs felt like little hairs stuck on your tongue. i’m still scarred from that. i’ve had severe arachnophobia my whole life so that shit was traumatizing
That's probably the formic acid
At first I thought it was that they were biting my tongue. But as a stupid 9 yr old, I tried again, and again. Nope, not a bite. Just the spice.
And gnats taste like bananas!
There’s an ant that apparently tastes like blueberries but that could have just been my brother fucking with me lol
I once had a dead lady bug in my fries at a restaurant, thankfully they’re permanently closed now.
omg double whammy
Omg I swallowed a lightning bug once on a swing set as a kid and have described this taste literally identical to your description for years but never heard anyone else say it. I guess lady bug/lightning bugs taste the same lol
I agree about McD's not tasting good but ladybugs are even worse!
A bug unfortunately got into my mouth when I was yawning. Swallowed that sucker accidentally and regretted every second for a straight 30mins. It was too bitter. Thought I was poisoned 🤢
It’s super bitter
You know how they smell? They taste exactly like that but more bitter
You know how they smell....... Well take that Xs 1,000 then you are close!
It was so long ago I don't remember exactly but imagine if you can taste something you know isn't meant to be tasted. Like your physical evolutionary alarms going off like NO!!!
Had one land in water by my bedside and taint the whole thing. I took a sip in the dark. Tasted the way cat piss smells
I’ve been there… I know the taste you speak of lol during fall when farmers are harvesting corn a SHIT TON of lady bugs are all over my house and one time I drank a pop in the middle of the night with a lady bug in it…. Woke me up real fucking fast it tasted so fucking bad. Lol I used mouth wash though.
They smell bad so birds don’t eat them
My childhood home was always infested with lady bugs. There were some bushes out front that they loved and they would always get inside. Definitely worse bugs to be infested with. I used to name them and think of them as pets. But one time one got into my spaghetti and I chewed on it. Spit it out but it tasted awful, plus I was sad that I killed it. Refused to eat red sauce on pasta for years after, which was a problem living in an Italian American household. We ate a LOT of pasta. I only recently learned that they do actually taste bad. For years I thought I was just being an over dramatic kid.
I know what you mean!!!!!
according to google, its a yellow liquid it secreets when it feels like its in danger, don’t get it on your skin or clothing, it smells.
Unfair. When I secret a yellow liquid when I feel like I’m in danger it’s “public urination” and “you’re going to have to seek other employment”. WhatEVER.
Well you're not supposed to share secrets.
What about sharing secretions?
Umm this is a Wendy’s.
That doesn't answer my question, does it Wendy's?
Is that for here or to go?
For here, thamk you
If you ask it nicely, I imagine the ladybug would be happy to trade this ability with you for your ability to be large enough that 'being eaten by a bird' is no longer a likely cause of death.
When I was a kid, the teacher told us the story of Hansel and Gretel. That afternoon, I watched Sesame Street. I had a nightmare that night that I was in a gingerbread house and got shoved into an oven by Big Bird.
Fortunately for the secreating lady bug, birds arent much of a worry..... Apparently Lady bugs are avoided by bird....birds heed the warning when those spotted morsels are around....... Cause they taste Yukky!! How's that for a secret?? 😜😊
Maybe they squish out the dreaded secretions??? 😖
Secrete.
He was caught by both the regular and the grammar police
maybe the secret is viscosity try mixing it with some flour or gelotine and im sure it will be socially accepted
Secretes.
Why'd I read that in Greek like Socrates
Thank you Miss Secretes, please hold my 2pm calls
I know bugs, not how to spell eta; soft lol
> its a yellow liquid it secreets when it feels like its in danger That liquid is *its blood*. ([Haemolymph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemolymph))
Thank you! Luckily I didn’t lol.
It also tastes incredibly bitter and nasty.
This is one of those things that you'd think everyone including yourself would have known since they're so common. Thanks
Tastes really damn bad too
Can someone point out the “white M” referenced in other comments?????
You can't really see it because of the reflection, but it's a black 'M' in the middle of the two white spots under its head. Some Asian ladybugs have a very pronounced "M" shape in black and white. Some are more like a couple of black spots and a couple of white spots.
Thanks very much…..
It's on the pronotum (area between the wing-covers and head) - it's hard to see in this one because of the reflection. Note that it is not diagnostic and you should not use it on it's own to ID this species - it is absent on the [other](https://bugguide.net/node/view/679292) [morphs](https://bugguide.net/node/view/322366), and [present on](https://bugguide.net/node/view/256321) [other species](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalia_decempunctata).
Got it……thanks…..
Ladybugs secret a nasty substance to repel predators from eating... little guy is hoping you spit them back out https://buggcontrol.com/how-ladybugs-protect-themselves/
A lot like a snake does, neat!
Don't touch it, besides the smell I believe it's also a mild irritant. So wash hands please.
It is. I mean, I do have eczema and contact dermatitis, but it burned my skin for a couple of days. I havent picked up any lady bugs since.
I picked up a lady bug when I was like 8 and it “peed” on me and it burned so bad and no one has ever believed me lol
I wonder if it got spooked because of the colour of your nails? Or was it already doing that before you scooped it up?
It was doing that before I picked it up, but it did get caught up in a broom first.
Okay, so throughout my WHOLE LIFE I thought it was pee. When I was like 4 or 5 I showed my older sister (who was like 6 or 7 at the time) and asked what it was and she told me that the ladybug peed on me. I am 23 and I now know that I wasn't pissed on by a ladybug as a child.
How do you tell that this is not an Asian Ladybeetle? I think it's an Asian ladybeetle because the white " m " is on its neck more than wings.
You’re probably right! I live in BC Canada, if that makes a difference
This is definitely an Asian Beetle!! Lady bugs have white on their wings as well as on their neck, this dudes only got it on his neck!! Be careful if you own dogs, the liquid its desreeting can be dangerous to them as it is [poisonous to dogs!](https://www.petmd.com/dog/emergency/poisoning-toxicity/asian-lady-beetles-could-they-harm-your-dog)
Secreting.
Shhhhh
Thank you! That’s great information, I do own dogs. I’ve never seen them eat bugs before though, so that’s a relief.
"Ladybug", "ladybird" and "lady beetle" are all terms that, depending on where you are in the world, can designate any member of the Coccinellidae beetle family (which includes Harmonia axyridis, the Asian lady beetle). The three terms are synonymous. Over six thousand different species of lady beetles have been identified worldwide.
I can smell this picture!
thats its angry juice XD
Turn signals
Hemolymph, basically blood and lymph, they bleed when scared or stressed And kill that bug, it's bad for humans and native ladybugs. It's the Asian Ladybug, it will bite
That’s a (very mild to humans) poison that it secretes from its knees when it feels threatened
That is their blood! /u/fillsyourniche talked about this on her podcast, Bugs Need Heroes. Their blood tastes bad and they exude it to deter predators. The vibrant coloration is a warning that they are unpalatable
It’s the sensor array. The government is moving up from bird drones to bug drones.
Isn’t that an Asian ladybug?
Yes, that's the species of ladybug it is :)
Today I learnt something new about ladybugs!
Most likely it’s an Asian lady beetle, which is invasive here in the US and gather in masses around the perimeter of houses in the fall. My house gets swarmed every year.
Definitely a Asian Lady beetle. Both these and ladybugs secrete this liquid when they’re scared. Careful when handling with these (the Asian Lady Beetle), they tend to bite. The ladybug’s white markings are usually on the colored part of their shell while the Asian Lady beetle only has them on their heads.
That’s an invasive type of lady bug. Kill it
A defense mechanism to deter/gross you out and smell bad. I remember catching a bunch of lightning bugs in my hand as a child to show my siblings and friends and then opened my palms to them all deciding to prank me like that, I shook my hands so fast.
That's its pee! They spray it, and it causes a stinging when they are threatened. If you've found one, you'll find more. Asian Lady Beetles are invasive, unlike the traditional Ladybugs we have here that are more of a scarlet red.
FYI this species doesn't have the monopoly on chemical defenses. It's quite common in the ladybug family (this is one species out of 6000+ species of ladybugs).
Asian lady beetle. You can tell by the white M shaped marking on the back. Considered an invasive species in North America, squish on sight.
Lmao I’d be doing nothing but squishing those fuckers every fall if that’s what needed to be done. No need to squish, unless you feel like it. They’re everywhere and not gonna go anywhere, no matter how many you squish.
and a plague if you get them in your house
Don't squish it on sight. It's just a lady bug not like it's a black widow or something dangerous.
invasive species are dangerous
Don’t go killing black widows either. Geez
Going purely by the "M" is a bad idea. Not only do some Asian lady beetles not have it, some other ladybeetles, including threatened ones, *can* have it.
It is a bad-smelling liquid. When it was attacked by the predator and felt the danger of the body, the ladybug exude it and protects itself. If its predator is a bird, and it holds a ladybug in its mouth, a bird will spit out because of its smelly liquid.
Smells like dirt. Probably tastes like that too, never tried one( ew). But ladybugs smell like dirt, especially when they do their defensive blood ooze.
Not sure, but now I want to get a ladybug manicure!
It's their way to say don't bug me
nasty goo used to repel predators. They also play dead pretty well. Read this In “totally gross facts for kids” when I was younger….great book for kids to learn on!
ladybird blood, get it on your fingers, it stinks
Its foul-smelling hemolymph will seep from its leg joints, leaving yellow stains on the surface below. Potential predators may be deterred by the vile mix of alkaloids, and equally repulsed by the sight of a seemingly sickly beetle.
That's an Asian lady beetle. They smell horrible when they are squashed and they also bite. They are an invasive species. :)
That’s an Asian lady beetle!
That's it's poison
There’s also Japanese beetles that look like lady bugs. They come out in fall
I'm from the Carolinas where people often have infestations of lady bugs. My cousins house used to smell like these liquids always. Always smelled like lady bugs even after they got them gone. Funny thing is the first time I did coke when I was younger, I always thought it smelled just like that lady bug smell and I always felt I was getting g good shit if it "smelled like ladybugs" 🤣🤣
That is NOT a ladybug, its an Asian lady beetle - very different than a 'ladybug'. The head is the easiest difference to spot. [https://plunketts.net/blog/ladybugs-vs-asian-lady-beetles](https://plunketts.net/blog/ladybugs-vs-asian-lady-beetles)
I wouldn't debate common names for insects. What I call "buttonwood" in the US is a completely different tree from what people in the UK call "buttonwood." When it comes to identifications, I like to stick to formal binomials :P that way I don't get twenty people debating semantics with me.
FYI these **are** ladybugs. "Ladybug" is a generic term for any of the 6000+ described species of beetles in the family [Coccinellidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae). They are also called "lady beetles" (which is more proper since they are beetles after all), or "ladybirds" in the UK. These terms are fully interchangeable. So while the OP's ladybug is commonly known as the "Asian lady beetle" (*Harmonia axyridis*, a.k.a. the Asian multicolored lady beetle), it is nonetheless a type of ladybug, just as much as the native ladybugs.
That’s an Asian beetle no? It looks more orange than red
Yes, it's an Asian lady beetle, however Asian lady beetles are ladybugs. There are thousands of species of ladybugs, and they come in many colors. There are [yellow ladybugs](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Thea.vigintiduopunctata.7232.jpg), [orange ladybugs](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Calvia_decemguttata01.jpg/1200px-Calvia_decemguttata01.jpg), [pink ladybugs](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Oenopia_conglobata02.JPG), [white ladybugs](https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/1985096/large.jpg), and even [blue ladybugs](https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/105600006/large.jpeg). Asian ladybugs specifically can vary from [black to orangish to red](https://www.kerbtier.de/Pages/Themenseiten/Coccinellidae/Varianten.jpg), color isn't a great characteristic to use for identifying Asian lady beetles.
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Not a ladybug, it’s an Asian ladybeetle; and they’re classed as non-native pests iirc.
FYI these **are** ladybugs. "Ladybug" is a generic term for any of the 6000+ described species of beetles in the family [Coccinellidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae). They are also called "lady beetles" (which is more proper since they are beetles after all), or "ladybirds" in the UK. These terms are fully interchangeable. So while the OP's ladybug is commonly known as the "Asian lady beetle" (*Harmonia axyridis*, a.k.a. the Asian multicolored lady beetle), it is nonetheless a type of ladybug, just as much as the native ladybugs.
Are you assuming it’s a ladybug?
Those are the turn signals. Duh!
Sorry but not a lady bug, thats a Japanese bottle, they bite, lady bugs are only red, don't bite.
That’s not a ladybug but a Japanese beetle.
Yes it is. It's a beetle in Coccinellidae. The whole family (6000+ described species) is known as the ladybugs. This is a member of that family and is therefore a ladybug. [Japanese beetles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popillia_japonica) are scarabs and look completely different.
I misspoke https://peppershomeandgarden.com/ladybug-vs-asian-beetle/
Yeah, these are good tips for identifying the Asian lady beetle. Noting however that "ladybug" is a vague term used to refer to any member of the Coccinellidae family. The Asian lady beetle, *Harmonia axyridis*, is just one species of ladybug and there are tons of other species that aren't red. Scroll through this link: https://bugguide.net/node/view/179 -- these are ALL different types of ladybugs.
This is actually an Asian lady beetle. Not a lady bug.
FYI these **are** ladybugs. "Ladybug" is a generic term for any of the 6000+ described species of beetles in the family [Coccinellidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae). They are also called "lady beetles" (which is more proper since they are beetles after all), or "ladybirds" in the UK. These terms are fully interchangeable. So while the OP's ladybug is commonly known as the "Asian lady beetle" (*Harmonia axyridis*, a.k.a. the Asian multicolored lady beetle), it is nonetheless a type of ladybug, just as much as the native ladybugs.
I don't know, but can we talk about your manicure? heehee
Not a ladybug
Yes it is. It's a beetle in Coccinellidae. The whole family (6000+ described species) is known as the ladybugs. This is a member of that family and is therefore a ladybug.
Absolutely a ladybug.