If any "thing" is to blame for my interest in nature, it might be this little character. I loved to watch them in my mother's rose garden doing their thing many years ago.
Coccinellidae is a family of beetles, known variously as ladybirds (UK, Ireland, Australia, South Africa), ladybugs (North America) or lady beetles (preferred by some scientists). Lesser-used names include ladyclock, lady cow, and lady fly.
