Pssst: Ladybugs Have a Killer Secret

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 10 дек 2024

Комментарии • 1,1 тыс.

  • @pbsterra
    @pbsterra  11 месяцев назад +83

    We *love* seeing all the different translations! Got any others? Let us know!

    • @AndrewMcColl
      @AndrewMcColl 11 месяцев назад +4

      In te reo Māori, the collective name for ladybirds is "mumutawa"

    • @nehuenesquivel
      @nehuenesquivel 11 месяцев назад +3

      Vaquita de San Antonio

    • @b.n.6313
      @b.n.6313 11 месяцев назад +2

      In dutvh they are called lieveheersbeestjes

    • @PropagandasaurusRex
      @PropagandasaurusRex 11 месяцев назад +3

      The literal translation of "Lieveheersbeestje" is "Lovelylordsmallanimal" or in English "Small animal of the lovely lord".

    • @skaska4024
      @skaska4024 11 месяцев назад +3

      Slovak: pánbožkova kravička = the God's cow or lienka

  • @troygaspard6732
    @troygaspard6732 11 месяцев назад +355

    The fact that they feast on aphids is more than enough to love them.

    • @MahkyVmedia1
      @MahkyVmedia1 11 месяцев назад +5

      Thank you

    • @allgoo1990
      @allgoo1990 10 месяцев назад +6

      "The fact that they feast on aphids is more than enough to love them."
      ==
      Wait till you see their larvas eating them.

    • @distractionb
      @distractionb 7 месяцев назад +1

      I was born a poor aphid in a patch of sick roses

    • @speedfreak8200
      @speedfreak8200 7 месяцев назад +1

      Cannabis 🪴 🌱 🌿 plants benefit from Lady Bird 🐦 Bugs I mean 🐦 Birds

    • @pkendall3
      @pkendall3 6 месяцев назад

      What about aphids spreading diseases to invasive/exotic/pervasive plant species? Is that good or bad?🤔

  • @willemvandebeek
    @willemvandebeek 11 месяцев назад +428

    In Dutch Ladybugs are called 'Lieveheersbeestjes', which translates directly to 'Dearlordcritters'. I have been told by Dutch biologist Midas Dekkers that this happened a long time ago, when someone was about to be executed, but this ladybug flew on top of the chopping block and the criminal carefully helped the ladybug off the chopping block, put the ladybug with his hand elsewhere, and then laid his head on the chopping block. The priest, who witnessed this act of kindness, stopped the execution and said the insect was sent by our dear Lord to proof his innocence. The criminal got free and the insect is henceforth known as our "DearLordCritter". :)

    • @nfboogaard
      @nfboogaard 11 месяцев назад +8

      Thx! Weer wat geleerd 😊

    • @pvtbuddie
      @pvtbuddie 11 месяцев назад +10

      What criminal? He was proven innocent by God - so naturally innocent in the first place that he could not be guilty of the crime.

    • @jamesmeppler6375
      @jamesmeppler6375 11 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@pvtbuddielaws of man out weigh laws of "god"
      Jesus was betrayed by who? And Jesus forgave him. Yet anyone reading g on the circles of hell know that Judas was not forgiven, even though it was the son of God who forgave him. Yet he's in the final circle of hell. If Jesus's forgiveness is worth an eternity of damnation, there is no forgiveness

    • @jamesmeppler6375
      @jamesmeppler6375 11 месяцев назад +5

      This is something called a tall tale....this story goes way back before the dutch were even a thing. Supposed to be called Ladybird and the translations that happened after that have really screwed the original meaning. Looks like its more a Russian story about a short red cow...

    • @pvtbuddie
      @pvtbuddie 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@jamesmeppler6375 :
      You should try reading your Bible instead.

  • @skepticaljohn
    @skepticaljohn 11 месяцев назад +104

    One of my earliest memories is of sitting on a porch and seeing an abundance of ladybug nymphs. Their color and shape as well as their numbers fascinated me. Seventy years later and I am a retired naturalist who has never seen so many nymphs since then. Our insect numbers are declining.

    • @daisypekin6787
      @daisypekin6787 11 месяцев назад +5

      the "good" insects are declining.

    • @That.Lady.withtheYarn
      @That.Lady.withtheYarn 10 месяцев назад +5

      Silent spring

    • @speedfreak8200
      @speedfreak8200 7 месяцев назад

      Not wearing clothes is acceptable... you go Mr. Natural!!

    • @ResortDog
      @ResortDog 5 месяцев назад

      But the variety is vastly expanding.

  • @Loki123x
    @Loki123x 11 месяцев назад +478

    in Japanese they're called "tentōmushi" which roughly translates to "sun bug" because they believe the beetles fly towards the sun and always try to crawl upwards

    • @erzsebetkovacs2527
      @erzsebetkovacs2527 11 месяцев назад +10

      Indeed. They can be such a nuisance late October, early November, when they gather at sunny spots on the walls of a house or next to a window, trying to escape the coming cold and get inside, and usually, they manage to do that.

    • @andretokayuk8100
      @andretokayuk8100 11 месяцев назад +30

      "Bojia korovka" in Ukrainian = god's little cow..)

    • @OsakaJoe01
      @OsakaJoe01 11 месяцев назад +6

      I've never seen the kanji for lady bug in Japanese, but I thought it was "ten spot bug" 点十虫. Now I don't know what it is. 😂

    • @emilychun7445
      @emilychun7445 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@OsakaJoe01Tentōmushi is normally written in hiragana or katakana, since in kanji it’s 天道虫, which can be read as tendōmushi…maybe

    • @EduardoEscarez
      @EduardoEscarez 11 месяцев назад +16

      ​@@andretokayuk8100 In Argentina they are called "Vaquitas de San Antonio" ("Saint Anthony's little cows") and in my country (Chile) they are called "chinitas" because of the word in quechua for maids, "china".

  • @hwadeiv
    @hwadeiv 11 месяцев назад +199

    Love how excited professors get while talking about their research

    • @lorenzoblum868
      @lorenzoblum868 11 месяцев назад +4

      Wearing a "beetle" shirt...
      Edit 1:12

    • @martinphilip8998
      @martinphilip8998 11 месяцев назад +6

      Yes. Their enthusiasm can be infectious. I liked learning that a bunch is a loveliness of ladybugs. I remember the thrill of finding them in a group under a crop in the early spring.

    • @commanderjameson2708
      @commanderjameson2708 5 месяцев назад

      That professor excites me. She has incredible talents.

  • @tiffanyb.7596
    @tiffanyb.7596 11 месяцев назад +152

    My grandmother used to call them Rose-fairies because they protected her roses. I don’t know how she came about calling them that. But she was delighted they were helping her with her garden, because she didn’t want to use insecticide. 🥰 🐞

    • @sexgod6909
      @sexgod6909 10 месяцев назад +6

      Bless her..❤

    • @mimish.4158
      @mimish.4158 10 месяцев назад +5

      Rose fairies: lovely name. Bless your grandmother. 🌻

    • @MysticWizardOfMind
      @MysticWizardOfMind 9 месяцев назад

      She smoked way too much marijuana.

    • @stargatis
      @stargatis 9 месяцев назад +1

      ⁠We can’t smoke enough. I always thought ladybugs and mayflies looked like little flying fairies 🧚🏼‍♀️

    • @blossom1643
      @blossom1643 7 месяцев назад +1

      Pretty name! Always Listen to the old folks!✌️

  • @TheChristmasNinja12
    @TheChristmasNinja12 11 месяцев назад +120

    This video reminded me of a fact I heard once where releasing wolves into an area reduces the number of deer strikes on cars because the wolves create a "landscape of fear" that makes the deer more cautious. I thought it was really interesting to see the parallel with the ladybird's "smell of fear!"

    • @redtobertshateshandles
      @redtobertshateshandles 11 месяцев назад +1

      Imagine living next to a lettuce farm and suddenly becoming terrified. They sprayed the plants. 😂

    • @williamferri3982
      @williamferri3982 9 месяцев назад

      Yes I call them pain in the ass bugs,they are over my house . In my bed and just about everywhere else.

    • @ResortDog
      @ResortDog 5 месяцев назад

      It's not wilderness if it can't kill you. If you cant die it's not a natural.cycle.

  • @girlygirl402
    @girlygirl402 10 месяцев назад +48

    I gave a lady bug a drink of water once I put a little drop on a piece of wood and it walked up and drank it❤

    • @nycapple
      @nycapple 8 месяцев назад +6

      a ladybug just landed on my finger and 💩 i feel blessed 🙏🏽

  • @kinilas
    @kinilas 11 месяцев назад +79

    Ladybug perfume as a pesticide would be great for ecology as many invasive ladybugs are spread by gardeners who don't know any better

    • @henryTech720
      @henryTech720 11 месяцев назад

      Humans are the invasive species

    • @nawdude4292
      @nawdude4292 8 месяцев назад +3

      Yeah and some chemicals made by scientists have never had any hidden negative effects... 😂

    • @kinilas
      @kinilas 8 месяцев назад

      @@nawdude4292 ever take aspirin for headaches?

    • @davebashford3753
      @davebashford3753 4 месяца назад

      Or spread by big box stores who don't care.

  • @vasilismarkandonis9435
    @vasilismarkandonis9435 11 месяцев назад +73

    In Greek their name is "paschalitsa" (πασχαλίτσα), a reference to Easter ("Pascha", "Πάσχα"), probably because there are many of them during the spring when Easter is celebrated

  • @EntoEric24
    @EntoEric24 11 месяцев назад +38

    Love these mini-documentaries; and loving the comments here, from all over the world, sharing Indigenous words for ladybird beetles, and the cultural histories behind them.

  • @d4n13lsd
    @d4n13lsd 11 месяцев назад +23

    Great vídeo. Lots of information and the location where the outdoor interview took place was kind of a mood changer. Being an inhabitant of tropical landscapes, that colors just moved me beyond the reasonable. Beautiful.
    Ah, in brazil we call tem 'joaninhas'.

  • @nukadahl
    @nukadahl 11 месяцев назад +42

    In Greenland they are called: aamanganiaq (the one who want to resemble a glowing coal)

  • @hzhang1228
    @hzhang1228 10 месяцев назад +17

    since everyone is sharing what they are called in their language; in China they are called "seven star ladle bug", or more lovingly "flower sister". 🐞

  • @raphyangel9828
    @raphyangel9828 11 месяцев назад +221

    I've heard of the Ladybug being called "Scarlet Death" before. A friend I had in middle school was fascinated with Ladybugs, & gave them that nickname after observing how many aphids they consumed on a regular basis.
    Whenever I found any ladybugs, I'd coax them onto my hand, then release them onto the rose bush by my house, cuz aphids loved to congregate on it, killing the roses before they could even be pollinated, or sometimes before they could even bloom. After a few months of constantly transporting ladybugs to the rose bush, I found it flourished & thrived a lot better. As a middle school kid, I was so proud of myself for figuring out how to save such a beautiful plant, by feeding beautiful bugs! 😆

    • @truthbebold4009
      @truthbebold4009 11 месяцев назад +10

      Excellent use of your power of observation 🙌

    • @psychshift
      @psychshift 11 месяцев назад +11

      Yup thats how our ancestors figured stuff out. Observation and accidental misshaps.

    • @johnhilton4348
      @johnhilton4348 10 месяцев назад +5

      Beautiful. Right on! I now care for my grandmother's rose bushes and let certain weeds like marsh mallow thrive in a few places to encourage them here which brings enough to share. What a cool kid you were!

    • @rocioaguilera3555
      @rocioaguilera3555 10 месяцев назад

      In Spanish is mariquita or catarina

    • @insightwmrssladywbuzz5779
      @insightwmrssladywbuzz5779 9 месяцев назад

      I kind of figured they had something inside of them ,because Everytime I wear sweet perfume they where attaching me.😂😂. I didn’t think it was them because I firgure they don’t bit human. But because I smell like flowers Humm, yea of course they where wondering 😂😂

  • @RiverWilliamson
    @RiverWilliamson 11 месяцев назад +41

    Always happy to learn more about the diverse world of beetles

  • @Ali-bu6lo
    @Ali-bu6lo 11 месяцев назад +49

    In Persian they are "Kafshduzak (کفشدوزک)", literally: "little shoe maker"

  • @prototropo
    @prototropo 22 дня назад +1

    "Research informs policy" to advance sustainable agriculture.
    Beautiful truth!

  • @davis4555
    @davis4555 10 месяцев назад +24

    Even "Ladybug" in English is a reference to Mary. It is shortened from "Our Lady's Bug."
    It comes from traditional stories of people praying for Mary's intercession to save their crops from damaging insects. Ladybugs saved the crops, so they're named after Mary since she sent them.

  • @fredklier
    @fredklier 11 месяцев назад +33

    In Portuguese, they are called “joaninhas” which means Little John or something of the sort. But we use the feminine article for them, and I have no idea why they call that or why we use the feminine article.

    • @raquelolegario6467
      @raquelolegario6467 11 месяцев назад +13

      In Brazil we believe joaninha (little Joanna, lady bird beetle) is a sign of good luck and prosperity. If one lands on you do your best not to scare it away 😊

    • @ElthrosXL
      @ElthrosXL 5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for this! Im learning português and this helps! Obrigado!

    • @youruncleted
      @youruncleted 2 месяца назад +1

      it has the same religious connotation. comes from "Senhora de São João" (Lady of St. John), from Ilha da Madeira, in Portugal. originally, it was called "Senhora de Santo Antônio" (Lady of St. Anthony) in the mainland, but the São João version gained popularity in late victorian era, we don't really know the reason. The "joaninha" we use in Brazil and Portugal comes from that, the original "Lady of St. John", after portuguese speakers applied their (endearing) habit of using diminutives for everything.

  • @Albopepper
    @Albopepper 11 месяцев назад +35

    Great video. I love those little garden companions! I'm always trying to think how to attract them to my urban garden. Lots of perennial flowers and herbs. Keeps them coming back every season! And then I get free pest control for all those garden veggies!!! 😁 🍅🌶

    • @Albopepper
      @Albopepper 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@Joe-sg9ll Yes you can! I've done that before. But they might not be the type of native species you expect for your area. Either way, if they don't have natural habitat and food sources, they'll just fly off and won't do as much good as you hope.

  • @learning2live_brokeninchro157
    @learning2live_brokeninchro157 7 месяцев назад +11

    I grew up on a large farm in Oregon, with a big red and white livestock barn. Almost every year as a child that I can remember, between the end of August to end of September we would find thousands of Ladybird Beetles gathered on the southeast corner of our barn in the sun. They seemed to stay there for a few days and then just as quickly as they showed up, they would be gone again. It was amazing and magical. They made it look like the paint was moving, because there would be so many clustered together. It was beautiful. My grandmother would say they were a “good omen”, that meant the harvest would be healthy and plentiful. I wish now that we had taken pictures of this annual event. I’m not sure why we never did? Probably because we didn’t have camera phones attached to us back then. From what I’ve heard they were most likely gathering there because there was an opening to get into the barn to hibernate together. 🐞🐞

    • @marklundeberg7006
      @marklundeberg7006 7 месяцев назад +2

      Fortunately lots of other people have taken photos. Look up 'ladybugs swarming'. I've never been lucky enough to see it myself...

  • @rhondahuggins9542
    @rhondahuggins9542 11 месяцев назад +30

    I live surrounded by field crops...so Lady Beetles are well represented here! I can see 'The Smell of Fear' being advertised in one of those moody celeb commercials produced by French perfumers😉❤️🐞

  • @maryhairy1
    @maryhairy1 11 месяцев назад +29

    This certainly is an untouched subject. What a wonderful diverse protection for plants. Use nature against the invaders. Go lady birds!

  • @arthurmartin4616
    @arthurmartin4616 11 месяцев назад +16

    German also has a name for these bugs relating to Mary, marienkäfer. In Japan it's name, it's name tentomushi, references the sun.

  • @jrnaturefreak
    @jrnaturefreak 11 месяцев назад +28

    In Afrikaans they are called lieweheersbesie ("Dear Lord's beetle"), or less commonly skilpadbesie (tortoise beetle)

  • @tm-ln4hj
    @tm-ln4hj 10 месяцев назад +8

    Mofos bite here in the Midwest. When we harvest the fields and it gets colder outside they move into your house and like windows but will bite you if you let one get on you

    • @SimoraCheeks1
      @SimoraCheeks1 7 месяцев назад +8

      Those aren't native ladybugs! They look similar, but if they bite, they're actually Asian ladybird beetles.

    • @birchtree2274
      @birchtree2274 6 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@SimoraCheeks1Actually any ladybug can bite. After all they all have mouths.
      The Asian ladybeetles have a particular reputation for it because not only are they temperamentally more aggressive as feeders, they currently outnumber our native species in North America.

    • @mariechantalerosembloom8157
      @mariechantalerosembloom8157 5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanx for this.. so it’s not just me! People don’t believe me... they bite hard dang!

  • @moriji
    @moriji 10 месяцев назад +8

    I used to collect lady bugs in the summer months as a child and feed them aphids. I would also find lady bugs that were yet to emerge from cocoons and watch them come out. Their wings were soft and then they would harden. I was fascinated by them.

    • @AH-ge8eq
      @AH-ge8eq 8 месяцев назад +2

      a nice childhood memory :) As kids, we used to catch fireflies on long summer evenings

  • @PatipanWongkleaw
    @PatipanWongkleaw 11 месяцев назад +47

    I find it quite intriguing that people are familiar with the lady bug with red and black color.
    I have seen like 1-2 lady bugs with that color.
    Most of the time I just see the orange/yellow lady bug. Even in my native language, Lady bug name is actually translated into golden turtle.

    • @BenjamintheTortoise
      @BenjamintheTortoise 11 месяцев назад +4

      I love that!... Golden turtle 😊 I see mostly orange lady bugs in my garden, and I'm so thankful for them! 🐞

    • @jamesmeppler6375
      @jamesmeppler6375 11 месяцев назад +4

      Despite what this video tells you...they aren't the same.
      Lady bugs are only red with black dots and not that white W on its head.
      Its like calling a red snake a red snake just to find out the red pigment comes from different things, which is basically what defines things being different

    • @jacobruiz97
      @jacobruiz97 11 месяцев назад +6

      Those were probably Asian ladybeetles, not lady bugs. True lady bugs really are red and black

    • @madmattdigs9518
      @madmattdigs9518 10 месяцев назад +8

      This is what drives me crazy about ladybugs. When I was a kid, growing up in Chicago, ladybugs were always red with black dots. Everyone loved them. They didn’t bite, they were easy to pick up and play with, and I don’t ever remember seeing them in numbers. There would be one here, one there…
      Then… at some point, we were overrun by the orange ladybugs. They bite! It’s not terribly painful, just annoying. And these orange ones, you’ll find them in large numbers. All over the side of your house, around windows mostly. We refer to these as Chinese ladybugs. I’m not sure if they actually are from China. But they’ve ruined ladybugs for me. And everyone I know. And I never see the nice friendly red ones anymore!

    • @chitinskin9860
      @chitinskin9860 10 месяцев назад +6

      @@madmattdigs9518 You are likely dealing with harmonia axyridis, the Asian lady beetle (AKA harlequin ladybug), which is technically a ladybug native to China, so you're not wrong. They come in many different colors, but the main one is reddish-orange. They are invasive, and their worst impact tends to be around suburban areas where other ladybugs are at a disadvantage from pollution, as the harlequin is pollution resistant. You can usually identify them by the M symbol on their pronotum (white neck plate). Not much can be done about them without bio-control, though killing any on sight can help a little, as well as doing your best to make the environment more hospitable to native lady beetles so they can fight back.
      Contrary to what many others in this comment section are saying, lady beetles are still ladybugs, color and common name doesn't matter, it's genetics (that, and they have every other basic ladybug quality, it's like saying a basketball isn't a ball because it has stripes, like wtf?). Those who claim they aren't probably should read a book, or pay attention to the video they just clicked, which goes over this.

  • @paularomano5549
    @paularomano5549 11 месяцев назад +14

    Here in Brazil ladybugs are called Joaninha. Something like Little Joan. I have always been curious to know why. After watching this video I became even more curious.

  • @juliabarbiero9226
    @juliabarbiero9226 11 месяцев назад +10

    In Argentina we call them "vaquitas de San Antonio" (San Antonio's little cows) - no idea why- and also "mariquita". I've read there are more than 160 native varieties in my country. However, their population has been reduced due to the destruction of their natural environment and the invasion of non-native species.
    I had always heard they are good for plants, but once I saw one in action, feasting on the aphids on a rosebud. It was a real killing machine!

    • @xgearheart8592
      @xgearheart8592 10 месяцев назад +3

      In Mexico we simply called them "vaquitas" or "Marquita" too 😅

    • @cw4608
      @cw4608 10 месяцев назад +1

      I think it is because they seem to be herding aphids

  • @McKeelix
    @McKeelix 10 месяцев назад +5

    Can confirm that ladybugs do not taste good. They taste pungent in a way that is hard to describe. Like the way they smell, except stronger.
    (Note: Accidentally caught a ladybug in my mouth while running around as a child. I spat it out on a nearby tree branch. The offending beetle was not harmed and flew away after it regained its bearings.)

  • @chippysteve4524
    @chippysteve4524 8 месяцев назад +12

    "The smell of fear" was the subtitle to the comedy film The Naked Gun 2.5!

  • @lil----lil
    @lil----lil 11 месяцев назад +61

    I've seen plenty of jewels made in the shape of a ladybug but I've NEVER seen a jewel made in the shape of a cockroach.

    • @ghyslainabel
      @ghyslainabel 11 месяцев назад +3

      The round shape of ladybugs are easier to reproduce in jewellery. The shape of cockroaches is more irregular.

    • @pixelmaster98
      @pixelmaster98 11 месяцев назад +7

      well yeah, you put the ladybug-shaped jewelry on a lady.
      Now imagine why you haven't seen cockroach-shaped jewelry xD

    • @Shadoweknows76
      @Shadoweknows76 11 месяцев назад +1

      You reminded me of that Egyptian beetle made into jewelry. It kinda resembles one.

    • @pinballrobbie
      @pinballrobbie 11 месяцев назад

      The Scarab dung beetle.@@Shadoweknows76

    • @jamesmeppler6375
      @jamesmeppler6375 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@Shadoweknows76 scarab? Maybe if you have no idea what the difference is between the two which is why you easily got confused?

  • @Kukkakukko
    @Kukkakukko 11 месяцев назад +43

    As a gardener and someone who lives in a house I love ladybugs and spiders more than anything. I should pay them for the work they do but they dont't seem to mind being underpaid, maybe they're not in it for the money!

    • @Lunar994
      @Lunar994 11 месяцев назад +2

      Lol

    • @incifisenk9945
      @incifisenk9945 11 месяцев назад +2

      👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻☮️🐞🕊🙋🏻‍♀️

    • @cosmosxk9695
      @cosmosxk9695 11 месяцев назад +3

      At least they're getting some good meals out of it!

    • @iuchoi
      @iuchoi 11 месяцев назад

      Spiders like to rest inside loose pine cones, so if you want to have more spider population just pick a lot of pine cones, bring them to where you want the spiders to settle, and smoke the cones to force the spiders out and they will live near

    • @jamesmeppler6375
      @jamesmeppler6375 11 месяцев назад

      Mint and garlic do way better job and can be year round while you're multi legged friends are not able to.

  • @jhendin
    @jhendin 11 месяцев назад +11

    In Swedish they're called Nyckelpiga, which literally translates as 'key maiden'. It's a reference to the Virgin Mary holding the keys to heaven.

  • @DBMorris
    @DBMorris 10 месяцев назад +10

    They are wonderful! They keep the pests off of my pot plants. They eat aphids and mites in droves . Keep my plants clean as a whistle

    • @speedfreak8200
      @speedfreak8200 7 месяцев назад

      I bet you have some tasty nugs

  • @virginiamiller4890
    @virginiamiller4890 11 месяцев назад +13

    This was fascinating! So many new things that I learned about Lady Bird Beetles - This is the first time I've heard of it's name. Also, I love the the use of natural pest management.

  • @suziperret468
    @suziperret468 11 месяцев назад +5

    Good job on reporting about Lady Bugs! I love putting them in my garden when they are available. Yeah, insects can be incredible…just look at butterflies 🦋, or dragon flies, or bees, or grasshoppers…or giant hummingbird moths…ahhh, so many ….

  • @Anilat1029
    @Anilat1029 10 месяцев назад +8

    Lady bugs are also called ‘Catarinas’ in Spanish 😊

  • @fiberpoet6250
    @fiberpoet6250 11 месяцев назад +3

    Awesome!!
    Good luck! I’m a bug nerd and I’m so excited to learn of this research.
    You have a dream job!
    This type of work is important to protect native bug species and pollenators.
    Keep up the good work
    I hope to see Ladybug perfume on the shelves in garden centers someday

  • @rhyothemisprinceps1617
    @rhyothemisprinceps1617 11 месяцев назад +6

    I felt a pang of envy when Dr Ware recounted how she had no interest in entomology until after she landed a summer research assistant job. I wanted a relevant summer job so badly when I attended university as a Biology major in the late 80's and early 90's. I was told there were no openings; later a grad student told me that women could not do field research since they would be a 'distraction'. I realize now that there were departments/universities at the time that were better for women - but I didn't know that then. So instead I worked at Wendy's in the summer.

  • @b4food
    @b4food 11 месяцев назад +10

    Growing up in Wisconsin, the invasive species of Ladybug would flood our house every summer because it was cooler, we spent a lot of time cleaning up all the corpses from when they failed to get into the windows. They also smelled ‘em terrible, but on the other hand the ladybugs we had in California kept all the aphids off our roses.

    • @jamesmeppler6375
      @jamesmeppler6375 11 месяцев назад +1

      Asian lady beetles are not lady bugs

    • @chitinskin9860
      @chitinskin9860 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@jamesmeppler6375 Yes they are, they were even mentioned in this video (harlequin lady beetles and Asian lady beetles are the same thing). Anyone who says otherwise probably doesn't know what they are talking about.
      If you care, let me explain: every beetle in the coccinellid family is a ladybug, ladybug is just the common name of that group. Ladybug also has several different synonyms, such as ladybird, ladybird beetle, lady beetle, ladybug beetle, and so on. Some species go by one synonym more than others, such as the pink-spotted lady beetle, or the harlequin lady beetle, but you wouldn't be wrong calling them ladybug either.

  • @randquadrozzi1280
    @randquadrozzi1280 2 месяца назад +1

    We open our attic windows every spring to let the hundreds of ladybug's out that hibernated there.We have a big apple tree they seem to love.

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber1906 11 месяцев назад +20

    In the wine industry, a few lady bugs in the crushed grapes can ruin the entire batch. Their scent/taste is that bad.

    • @User_2345h
      @User_2345h 7 месяцев назад +2

      I don’t think it’s the scent or taste that would drive away customers

  • @elky82
    @elky82 10 месяцев назад +1

    What a vibrant, bubbly and refreshing host, I'd like to see more videos with her hosting them

  • @Beryllahawk
    @Beryllahawk 11 месяцев назад +15

    Loving this series!!! Ladybugs are pretty awesome, but I remember when I fully learned that they are indeed predators - because one bit me, haha!! It just nipped me to see if I tasted good, I think. The ones where I live (southeast US, south Mississippi to be more exact) are a bit more orange than red, and for the longest time I wondered if it was their food - but no, they're just a slightly different species from the story-book lady beetle!
    Looking forward to more!! Will y'all cover moths at some point? Those are my favorite bugs to interact with, they're almost always super chill. I even got to hang out with a Luna Moth once, it just sat right on my shoulder and upper arm and let me touch it, and then flew on back outside after a few minutes. And I'm still trying - well over twenty years later - to figure out just what species of moth I got to raise back in elementary school... It's surprising how hard it is to identify "white moth from Texas," and I dunno why!

    • @moonshinershonor202
      @moonshinershonor202 11 месяцев назад

      I'm still trying to get a paper wasp to land on my finger again. I was one with Nature.

    • @GarthWatkins-th3jt
      @GarthWatkins-th3jt 11 месяцев назад +2

      I was bitten by a ladybug years ago. It hurt! I've mentioned it to numerous people and no one believes me, what a riot! Yes, it really bit me and it really hurt! I think they're cool regardless.

    • @rancidcrawfish
      @rancidcrawfish 10 месяцев назад

      Sounds more like a japanese beetle

    • @PixelTheExtraTerrestrial
      @PixelTheExtraTerrestrial 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@GarthWatkins-th3jtYes, some can cause a nip, but they cannot break through human skin. Ladybugs feed on other insects, they have chewing mouthparts, but their mandibles (chewing parts) are designed for chewing on soft-bodied insects. In most cases, they bite if threatened or if they mistake you for a meal but Traditionally ladybugs feed on agricultural pests and small insects like aphids; therefore they’re usually a joyful sight for farmers. Since their mouths are specialized only for feeding on soft-bodied insects they generally don’t tend to “bite” humans even if they land on the skin’s surface. The most they do is scratch on the skin surface which results in a mild ‘nip’.

    • @chitinskin9860
      @chitinskin9860 10 месяцев назад +2

      As with most beetles, lady beetles are diverse, and North America has many different species. However, the species you described seems to be the invasive Asian (aka harlequin) Lady beetle. We have native lady beetles with reddish-orange coloration, and we have ones that may bite you, but if they have both of those qualities, an M on the back of a white neck plate, and prefer to be around man-made structures, then it's likely the harlequin lady beetle. They are invasive, and can displace many native lady beetles, especially in areas where the natives are at a disadvantage, like most urban and suburban locations. You should be seeing a lot more types of lady beetles in Mississippi, only seeing the harlequins (along with other exotics like the 7 spot) is a sign of an unhealthy local ecosystem, there may be too many pollutants and exotic plants around.
      As for the moth thing, white is an extremely common color among lepidopterans, along with gray and brown (a lot of them are all 3), so searching up a moth based on that particular color is like trying to find a needle in a hay stack. Just as some examples, nearly every yucca moth is white, most tiger moths are white, domestic silk moths are white, about half the geometer moths in my state are white, several entire families of butterfly are white, most plume moths are white, and so on. You might have a better chance looking for other distinct qualities that you remember on the moth, how the caterpillar looked is the most helpful.

  • @voEovove
    @voEovove 11 месяцев назад +26

    In my native language of Polish, a Ladybug is called a "Biedronka." It's also the name of a large supermarket chain store that has outcompeted its smaller denominators along the economic food chain. It's partially responsible for the extinction of the entity known as the local corner store.

    • @bUwUmer1260
      @bUwUmer1260 11 месяцев назад +12

      Sounds like Polands equivalent of Walmart!

    • @kyokoyumi
      @kyokoyumi 11 месяцев назад +5

      I can see why they called themselves after the insect lol

    • @jacobruiz97
      @jacobruiz97 11 месяцев назад +3

      The Polish Walmart

    • @KangwithoutaKangdom
      @KangwithoutaKangdom 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@bUwUmer1260😂😂😂 same thought

  • @stephaniekerr
    @stephaniekerr 7 месяцев назад +3

    Those little lovely little ladies have saved a couple of my gardens over the years. ❤️🐞❤️ 🐞 ❤️🐞❤️🐞❤️🐞❤️

  • @SJHFoto
    @SJHFoto 11 месяцев назад +14

    So cute! Ladybugs are among my favourite beetles

    • @jamesmeppler6375
      @jamesmeppler6375 11 месяцев назад

      If you take away lady bugs, no one would be saying they have a favorite beetle. Since most of them are ugly and creepy while lady bugs are cute for their color alone

    • @SJHFoto
      @SJHFoto 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@jamesmeppler6375 I actually have a whole list of favourite beetles. But I know I am unusual in that I love all insects and find domestic pets disgusting

  • @cathyb1273
    @cathyb1273 11 месяцев назад +16

    In french the common name is coccinelle because of the family Coccinellidae. But regionally they are also called ”bête à bon dieu” roughly translated as ”beast of god” or pernette for which I have no clue why 😅

    • @Webjutter
      @Webjutter 11 месяцев назад +3

      In Dutch they are called "lieveheersbeestje" which has the same meaning as ”bête à bon dieu”".

  • @willswalkingwest7267
    @willswalkingwest7267 10 месяцев назад +1

    I love hearing peoples' stories and how they end up on certain career paths. Hers was very cool.
    And I think she's better at her research than someone who just grew up loving Lady Bugs. Her motives are better and she probably entered the field with a more objective path of gaining understanding.
    Kudos to her and kudos to the folks who made this very interesting video.

  • @caseyb1346
    @caseyb1346 11 месяцев назад +8

    I noticed a strange behavior in one ladybug. It was in the city and I suppose it was hungry, so it started eating the cuticle of my thumb. Crazy people pay money to get rid of their cuticles when a ladybug will remove them for free lmao.

  • @richardpark3054
    @richardpark3054 8 месяцев назад +2

    A few years ago, while biking in Redwood Regional Park (east of Oakland and now called 'Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park'), I was amazed to see millions of lady bugs in huge clumps and mats covering the ground, logs, bushes, leaves, everything, on both sides of the trail (Stream Trail). Seriously, there had to be literally millions. Wow!

  • @2horses4U
    @2horses4U 11 месяцев назад +8

    In the Flamish dialect (Flanders, Begium - where the people speek dutch) we call ladybugs "pim pam poon" (pim pam poentje). It's hard to translate, but it originates as "clown bug".

  • @PatrickMobileHomes
    @PatrickMobileHomes 8 месяцев назад +1

    WOW, you read my mind, I just saw your incredible Roach video, awesome!

  • @itchy7879
    @itchy7879 11 месяцев назад +23

    Insectarium is incredibly well produced, keep it up!

  • @siddikaangle5494
    @siddikaangle5494 4 месяца назад

    Deep Look is fascinating lmost beyond imagination! These incredible little creatures and their complex lives bring me to faith in a Vast and Tiny Creative Mind. I feel so fortunate to have lived in the time of microscopic cameras and microphones. So much of the tiny world (Like David Attenborough's films on plants and on lives in the soil has never before been seen by human beings.
    Endless Gratitude for You Who Have Provided These Wonders for Us!

  • @davids9027
    @davids9027 11 месяцев назад +8

    years ago during winters my house would be invaded by ladybird beetles. I notice the scarlet beetles were "friendly" while the orange, harlequin? ones would bite (nip) if they crawled onto my hand. Otherwise both types were mild mannered visitors

    • @rbh3482
      @rbh3482 11 месяцев назад +1

      Yes I have been bitten a couple of times by ladybugs. They do have quite bite to them!

    • @bigoldgrizzly
      @bigoldgrizzly 9 месяцев назад +2

      We get them in the thousands coming into the house in autumn. Through the winter we find them all over the house in golf ball sized clumps and we are content to have them as lodgers.This winters crop are just coming out of hibernation and we have them crawling everywhere.

  • @MrFancyFingers
    @MrFancyFingers 10 месяцев назад +2

    About 10 years ago I was in a park in the east bay hills of the SF Bay Area. I was walking my dogs in the spring and we ran into a sunny hillside where billions of ladybugs were coming out of the hills.
    Flying and crawling all over, an amazing sight.

  • @captainkoala5660
    @captainkoala5660 11 месяцев назад +9

    In Dutch it is called a 'Lieveheersbeestje' which translates to good lord beasty. Beast of the good lord I suppose.

  • @LeBongFairy
    @LeBongFairy 11 месяцев назад +8

    I had a shit ton of em living in my room as a kid. I was terrified of them for a long time, until I found a " shiny" one. It was black with one big blue spot, amongst the many red with black. Never seen such a magnificent little bug. No matter where I moved in my room, they piled above my bed. I had to have a drape to protect me from falling dead ones. Very gross, very weird, very cursed, but.. very funny in hindsight.

    • @2degucitas
      @2degucitas 11 месяцев назад

      They came into your room to survive winter.

    • @sirensynapse5603
      @sirensynapse5603 11 месяцев назад

      @@2degucitas Or to drink his vital fluids in his sleep. 😁

    • @LeBongFairy
      @LeBongFairy 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@2degucitas I called em my friends after a while, even if it was kinda nasty. 😂

    • @LeBongFairy
      @LeBongFairy 11 месяцев назад

      @@sirensynapse5603 yum

    • @2degucitas
      @2degucitas 11 месяцев назад

      @@sirensynapse5603 The lady is a vamp

  • @annalinesmith6289
    @annalinesmith6289 11 месяцев назад +5

    In Afrikaans (South Africa) they are called skilpadbesie. Translates to tortoise beetle.

  • @jamesdooling4139
    @jamesdooling4139 11 месяцев назад +2

    30yrs ago, there was a vineyard somewhere in CA which promoted ladybug use as a natural pesticide. I think it was called Polonis/Polonus... They were far ahead of their time.

  • @patriciogonzalez4310
    @patriciogonzalez4310 11 месяцев назад +3

    In Mexico they are also called “CATARINAS”.

  • @daisymaddie8503
    @daisymaddie8503 10 месяцев назад +2

    Wow! That blew my mind after seeing how many kinds there are. I never seen a blue, white, green, lady bug 😮

  • @incifisenk9945
    @incifisenk9945 11 месяцев назад +9

    ❤🐞In Turkish we call them luck-bugs or ladybugs. If someone finds a ladybug anywhere anytime it’s believed good luck. When I was a kid it’s very cheerful and fun thing to come across a ladybug; you catch it without giving any harm and bid it godspeed to the sky by singing a little carol convincing to fly again: Fly fly my bug, my mom’s gonna buy you sleepers and shoes🎶🎵❤️🐞

    • @29jensen17
      @29jensen17 11 месяцев назад +1

      In Denmark, children do something similar to that. They would catch a ladybug, let it crawl to the tip of their finger and when it fly, they would say a little rime, translated to "fly up to God and ask for good weather tomorrow and today". 😊

    • @meelahmak
      @meelahmak 7 месяцев назад +1

      I've always considered them good luck as well! I'm sorry thankful when I get to see a beaut x

    • @MikyD406
      @MikyD406 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@29jensen17 in Romania as well, but the song goes " incotro ii zbura, acolo m-oi marita" meaning : wich way you will fly, that is where i will marry". Girls used to watch the direction of the Ladybug's flight and believed that from that direction their future husband will be.

  • @drinny26
    @drinny26 10 месяцев назад +2

    I love ladybugs. I think they’re good luck. When I see them in my garden I am so happy.

  • @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648
    @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 11 месяцев назад +6

    Informally, a "bug" is a small insect. In the study of insects, however, a "bug" has a more restricted definition, being of a large order having mouthparts that are specialized for piercing and sucking. Chowing down on other insects doesn't count.

  • @DudeEM
    @DudeEM 10 месяцев назад +1

    Ladybugs is an important part of my childhood in the 80’s. The ladybugs in my childhood town in the Philippines have this really deep crimson red color thus their polka dot design is just so beautiful. We usually caught them on eggplant leaves because there were a lot of powdery insects living on it. We would let go of them afterwards of course.
    80’s kids like me really enjoyed nature and outdoor games growing up as video games (the Nintendo family computer) would compete with other people at home over the use of the TV thus, we we had to play with the neighborhood kids and catching & releasing ladybugs was effortless fun.

  • @See_Jay_Play
    @See_Jay_Play 11 месяцев назад +17

    I had read that the name "ladybug" was a modern corruption of "Our Lady's bird beetle"; again, in reference to the Virgin Mary, "Our Lady".

    • @kristianvrum8979
      @kristianvrum8979 11 месяцев назад +2

      If so, that would coincide with the Norwegian name "Marihøne", where Mari is a reference to Virgin Mary. Unfortunately I have no plausible explanation for the latter part, as "høne" equals hen in english 🙂

    • @See_Jay_Play
      @See_Jay_Play 11 месяцев назад

      @@kristianvrum8979 they're bird beetles, right? A hen is a bird! XD

  • @silversurfer806
    @silversurfer806 11 месяцев назад +2

    I have a huge group of them overwintering in my garage door runner near the floor on the inside of the garage under an outdoor pillow. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of them all grouped together. I dont dare disturb them.

  • @MaryAnnNytowl
    @MaryAnnNytowl 6 месяцев назад

    Pretty cool video, thanks! I love these bright little aphid killers, LOL!
    You're showing more than just the various colors/patterns/species of ladybugs there, though, I think. You've got what I think are a couple of the lookalike species, too, there in the beginning.

  • @lusofreak
    @lusofreak 11 месяцев назад +4

    Several people have pointed out that in Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil, etc...) the name of the insect is "Joaninha" which is a diminutive of "Joana", the female version of "João" (John).
    This, of course draws it's origins from the Bible and Christian religion, and relates to a name that the insect has in French - Bête-de-Dieu - or Beast of God.
    As many Portuguese words get their similarities from French/English, an adaptation was set here, as the name Joana means "sent by God", and being the creature so small, the diminutive was used...

    • @bridochon2808
      @bridochon2808 10 месяцев назад

      French people would rather say "Bête-à-bon-Dieu" i.e. Beast of good God 🙂

  • @joedellinger9437
    @joedellinger9437 10 месяцев назад +1

    1:24 Wait, so they aren’t bugs so we can’t call them lady bugs so we should call them lady birds so that means they are birds?!

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH 11 месяцев назад +4

    5:50 buying Local lady beetles (lady bugs) is a great thing to look for, too!

  • @Ndeye-p4h
    @Ndeye-p4h 2 месяца назад +1

    Really it's so much we don't know! Thank you for this video. I have just seen in a dream ladybugs swept away a serpent. Like what is meant for evil, God can turn to good. Beautiful ❤ .

  • @jaybrower9009
    @jaybrower9009 11 месяцев назад +5

    Hello. Did yiu know ladybugs bite? Like people? Not ravenously. But it does sting a liitle. I was a groundskeeper in Florida for more than 35 years. And, as I worked on Pittosporum, I had felt the a bite when these guys were on my fingers. Perhaps it was from their prey, which were not visible or from an excretion. But it did sting on more than one occasion.

    • @sherrieludwig508
      @sherrieludwig508 11 месяцев назад

      I have handled them since childhood, I have only been bitten by the more orange-brown ones, which are an introduced species.

    • @sjohnson4882
      @sjohnson4882 9 месяцев назад

      I have been bitten by a lady bug.

  • @tabisuematwiju5865
    @tabisuematwiju5865 10 месяцев назад +2

    They're lady bugs!!! Always will be lady bugs!!! Not lady bird beetles... It's not a bird!!! It's a lady bug!!!

  • @lasercraft32
    @lasercraft32 8 месяцев назад +3

    Oh wow... You ever just have those moments where you just "unlock" an almost forgotten memory from your childhood? I totally forgot about the fact that Ladybug blood is yellow. As a kid I would sometimes try to pick them up, only for them to excrete small drops of yellow liquid onto my hand. My younger self thought it was them pooping on me.

  • @TargttdGma
    @TargttdGma 10 месяцев назад +2

    "We are at MY lab .. at Penn State Unicersity." 😂

  • @catylotl
    @catylotl 11 месяцев назад +3

    love these little bugs sm
    also loving all the comments of other names for them!❤

  • @melmeki4422
    @melmeki4422 7 месяцев назад +1

    Pair of ladybugs came to my garden last year. Then my garden became aphids free without chemicals! I can't stop to love them!🐞

  • @sirensynapse5603
    @sirensynapse5603 11 месяцев назад +10

    Sara is cute as a ladybird beetle! 🐞

  • @MrNicofrog
    @MrNicofrog 10 месяцев назад +1

    tomato leaf tea is very easy to make and repels aphids quite effectively

  • @joannmay-anthony1076
    @joannmay-anthony1076 11 месяцев назад +3

    all our red lady bugs have been replaced by an orange lady bug. I am not happy about this. It is the same with stink bugs, a new species has replaced our original stink bug which wasn't a problem. The new stink bugs are a problem and over whelming.

  • @rogwarrior1018
    @rogwarrior1018 9 месяцев назад

    Love the Lady Bug, so cute, busy, and hungry. I never knew there were so many varieties of them, that is awesome! The more lady bugs the better!

  • @jmr
    @jmr 11 месяцев назад +4

    I don't like the imported ones! They can bite. I never had the domestic ones bite me.

  • @deeliciousplum
    @deeliciousplum 8 месяцев назад

    Wonderful and insightful mini-documentary. Thank you to the host and to all who have shared their time and expertise about Lady Bird Beetles with us. 🐞🥰

  • @JogBird
    @JogBird 11 месяцев назад +4

    the aphids are just hanging out while their siblings are being eaten alive

  • @b01tact10n
    @b01tact10n 8 месяцев назад +1

    These species of insects i dont mind, but dang these ladies are full figured😁👍👍

  • @29jensen17
    @29jensen17 11 месяцев назад +3

    Ladybug are called "Mariehøne", in danish. It can be translated to, first... the female name Marie, and høne means chicken. So Marie-chicken. Actually kind of weird. 😄

  • @zizimugen4470
    @zizimugen4470 10 месяцев назад +1

    1:25 they’re ladybugs. Other terms are wrong. And their off putting leg blood is not tolerable. That alone is why I don’t them inside.

  • @psalvo8582
    @psalvo8582 11 месяцев назад +7

    I have been a motorcycle rider for over 35 years. Every once in a while a ladybird beetle will land on my cycle or on my glove and go along for the ride. Like so many of us, I consider it good luck!

  • @turmunkhganbaatar2515
    @turmunkhganbaatar2515 11 месяцев назад +2

    They're called ember bugs or tsog horhoi in Mongolian

  • @emmafaye
    @emmafaye 11 месяцев назад +4

    How does the ladybug scent being distributed affect the ladybug population and reproduction? Does it increase reproduction or perhaps decrease because of a false lure?

  • @archiopterixkr
    @archiopterixkr 10 месяцев назад +2

    En México también las conocemos como Catarinas

  • @chrisprescott2273
    @chrisprescott2273 11 месяцев назад +4

    My grandpa called the red ones ladybugs and the brown ones potato bugs.

  • @OvertheRiverandThroughtheWoods
    @OvertheRiverandThroughtheWoods 11 месяцев назад +2

    Loving this insect series🐞, and the effective science communication! Keep up the great work 😊