They're spotty and dotty and help suppress pests. But over the past several decades, native ladybug species, such as the nine-spotted ladybug, have become rare in the United States. Researchers want ...

The nine-spotted ladybug was considered so common, charismatic and crop-friendly that it was adopted as New York's official state insect in 1989. As it turns out, the species may have disappeared from ...

Ladybugs: the epitome of charismatic minifauna. We recognize them instantly, these jolly, rotund, shiny little characters with their funny cartoon-bug feet, and gardeners value their pest control ...

The lost Ladybug project is a citizen science that relies on the public to scout for native ladybugs, such as the nine spotted received in Ellicottville. Volunteers across the country look for ...

Calling all kids! Cornell University wants you to find and photograph ladybugs. John Losey, a professor of entomology at Cornell University, hopes children will help document ladybug populations ...

NEW YORK -- Leah Tyrrell wants to make something clear: She does not wear ladybug sweatshirts. She does not carry her belongings in ladybug bags, shelter from the rain beneath a ladybug-shaped ...

— -- ITHACA, N.Y. -- New York state's official insect, the nine-spotted ladybug, is making a comeback in a fourth-floor laboratory on Cornell University's campus. Once extremely common in New ...

Scientists in a South Dakota lab are on a Noah's Ark-like mission to save ladybugs on the brink of extinction. Among their tactics: Getting students involved in a nationwide search and creating ...

Gail Starr has ladybugs in her ears. Not actual, live, ladybugs, but rather ladybug earrings. She has multiple pairs, many of them gifts from her students. She teaches third grade at Springs Ranch ...

NEW YORK — Leah Tyrrell wants to make something clear: She does not wear ladybug sweatshirts. She does not carry her belongings in ladybug bags, shelter from the rain beneath a ladybug-shaped umbrella ...