It must be ladybugs as they are BUGS!!!!! right? My friend is convinced its ladybird.
2007-10-28 12:01:17 · 14 answers · asked by Helios64 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Ladybirds in UK
Ladybugs in USA
2007-10-28 12:05:40 · answer #1 · answered by KooKoo Moolookoo 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
As many have said before - ladybird is the English name and Ladybugs the American version. I prefer ladybird but then I am biased as I am English. It is a much prettier name for a very pretty beetle - not a bug at all!
2007-10-29 19:14:42 · answer #2 · answered by charlie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As someone else already pointed out, it generally depends on where you live. In the UK, people tend to call them ladybirds, and in the US, ladybugs. But of course, there are people in the US that call them ladybirds, and vice versa. There's really no "right" name for the bugs.
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2007-10-28 12:15:50 · answer #3 · answered by ♥ Dani 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ladybirds in the UK Ladybugs in USA. Ladybird sounds so much nicer. They are quite pretty
2007-10-28 12:41:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ladybugs
2016-05-25 22:54:33 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both. Some people prefer to call them ladybugs, others prefer to call them ladybirds, so both of you are right.
2007-10-28 12:47:17 · answer #6 · answered by Mattie F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In USA it's ladybugs. Ladybirds in UK - we Brits tend to be more respectful to ladies.
2007-10-28 15:52:22 · answer #7 · answered by JimP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ladybirds in English, ladybugs is american.
2007-10-28 13:16:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, lady beetle or ladybird beetle is correct. They're not bugs at all, but beetles. People commonly call them ladybugs, but common names are commonly inaccurate. That's why Karl Linne invented scientific nomenclature.
2007-10-28 14:09:09 · answer #9 · answered by John R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ladybird is much more tasteful.
2007-10-29 00:05:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋