Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, having a round shape and a red or yellow spotted shell.
1 All afternoon the flight continued, but by nightfall there wasn't a lady - bug in sight.
2 Why not even the tiny, turtle-shaped, yellow-back'd, black-spotted lady - bug that has lit on the shirt-sleeve of the arm inditing this?
3 Nearby two gingham sunbonnets bobbed up and down as their owners bent their heads to watch a speckled lady - bug crawl up a twig.
4 When we reached the Soda Springs, we met the most remarkable migration of red lady - bugs that I ever saw.
5 We may discover lady - bugs -small red or yellow and black beetles-amongour vines, and many persons, I fear, will destroy them with the rest.
6 "You wouldn't really have killed the poor thing, though," exclaimed Alice, who had drawn near to look at the crimson lady - bug .
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