Spring brings showers, flowers and a ton of insects. This includes ladybugs – one of the rare insect species people aren’t rushing to crush – which is likely due to the belief that they’re a good omen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. close up of ladybug perched on a small branch Ladybugs are known for far more than just their cute shape, size, and color pattern.

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.

It’s true that most people do not put the words “beautiful” and “insect” together unless they’re thinking of butterflies. But there are beautiful insects out there that are not butterflies. As with ...