Have you ever wondered why they call them “Ladybugs”?
I was playing around with my camera the other day and I spotted a little ladybug crawling through the grass. As I adjusted my lens to get her in focus, I thought to myself, “What if this ladybug is actually a dude…”. Then I thought, “Who came up with the name ‘Ladybug’ anyway????”.
Random? Yes, but that’s just how my mind is wired. I am a “creative” type, so I tend to ponder on minutiae that often goes unnoticed by most “normal” people. Even worse, I am usually inclined to thoroughly research my random thoughts; some may call it over analyzing, but “thoroughly research” sounds more practical to me.
The general scientific name for a ladybug is “Coccinellidae“, but there are over 500 different species in North America. That’s about as thorough as my scientific research is going to get, but I did find out an interesting fact about the origin of the name, “Ladybug”: back in the medieval era, the insect was deemed the official bug of the Virgin Mary…go figure!
Anyway, as I digress, above is the picture that resulted from my random thought pattern. I think it’s kinda cool…and I definitely that that ladybug is a dude!