AskThinkingTim@lemmy.world to Today I learned@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoTIL that ladybugs are also called ladybirdsmessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareTIL that ladybugs are also called ladybirdsAskThinkingTim@lemmy.world to Today I learned@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
I am Australian and have always known it exclusively as the American term “ladybug”. Never heard of ladybird before.
minus-squaremusic@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWe call them ladybirds in the UK. No idea why.
minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSanta Maria is the lady in question. The bird part could be a corruption of ‘beetle’ maybe? Or perhaps just it just sounded more poetic.
We call them ladybirds in the UK. No idea why.
Santa Maria is the lady in question. The bird part could be a corruption of ‘beetle’ maybe? Or perhaps just it just sounded more poetic.