(n.) Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidae); -- called also ladybug, ladyclock, lady cow, lady fly, and lady beetle. Coccinella seplempunctata in one of the common European species. See Coccinella.
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(1) Ladybird: I’m Ready to Spell has a space theme, and is based on the phonics that kids will be learning in their first years at school.
(2) "Aphids use an alarm pheromone which when they're attacked by ladybirds and parasitic wasps causes them to disperse.
(3) For good measure, E-beta-farnesene also attracts aphid predators such as ladybirds and wasps.
(4) Winners and losers Going: Species facing "severe" threats in England Red squirrel Northern bluefin tuna Natterjack toad Common skate Alpine foxtail Kittiwake Grey plover Shrill carder bumblebee Recovering: Recent conservation success stories Pole cat Large blue butterfly Red kite Ladybird spider Pink meadowcap Sand lizard Pool frog Bittern
(5) iPad Ladybird: I’m Ready to Spell (£2.99) Released by book publisher Penguin, this is aimed mainly at schoolchildren preparing for their first phonics screening check, with three space-themed mini-games designed to test their spelling skills.
(6) It also attracts aphid predators such as ladybirds and wasps."
(7) This looks like Ladybird book history – engaging introduction at best; superficial and simplistic at worst.
(8) He was also very disappointed that Crissy Rock did not receive an Oscar nomination for Ladybird, Ladybird in 1994 after winning the best actress award in Berlin.
(9) So we are leading the world, and we are doing some pretty cool stuff in that space.” In a field close to the Shrimp, you might soon find “the Ladybird”, a ground robot designed for broad-acre vegetable farming.
(10) No one had ever seen so many ladybirds - a colleague remembers the sound they made when you walked on them - crunch, crunch, crunch!
(11) Over the years I had been the recipient of endless cover versions of branded toys – knock-off versions of Barbie, Caran d'Ache and Ladybird – and this Mary Poppins looked distinctly counterfeit too.
(12) This allows the sediment – pips, bits of vine, ladybirds (I saw several), etc – to settle.
(13) TOP TIP Put a crick in your neck on the easy walking trails through the Ladybird Johnson Grove trail and Tall Trees Grove trail in the southern portion of Redwood national park.
(14) It includes around 400 words related to nature including badger, bird, caterpillar, daffodil, feather, hedgehog, invertebrate, ladybird, ocean, python, sunflower, tadpole, vegetation, and zebra.
(15) Most surprisingly of all, Crissy Rock, the lead in Ladybird, Ladybird (1994) – a brilliant, devastating gut-wrencher of a film – was convinced she was starring in a happy, upbeat, redemptive story.
(16) Such films, no doubt, include his 1966 TV drama Cathy Come Home, as well as Riff Raff, Raining Stones, Ladybird, Ladybird and Sweet Sixteen.
(17) When he finds a ladybird, he shows it off to the makeup artist.
(18) Suddenly, countless ladybirds arrived on bronze wings and busied themselves finding a hole in the carcass of the tree.
(19) "Even better was his Ladybird book where he saved the World Cup final (including a surprise welcome by to Spain from Hitler)."
(20) APPS Ladybird: I’m Ready to Spell (£1.49) Released by book publisher Penguin, this is aimed mainly at schoolchildren preparing for their first phonics screening check, with three space-themed mini-games designed to test their spelling skills.