How to Use ladybug in a Sentence

ladybug

noun
  • These are not your cute red ladybugs.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
  • In many places, ladybugs are believed to be omens of good luck.
    — Susan Pransky, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The tiny ladybug also is meant to bring good luck to their next chapter.
    — Michelle Manetti, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2022
  • If your pet is drooling or foaming at the mouth, look for these ladybugs.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 3 Nov. 2016
  • Those who attend will be able to paint ladybugs and mandalas.
    — Courant Community, 31 July 2017
  • Luckily, so are ladybugs, which prey on aphids and keep them in check.
    — Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 1 June 2018
  • As the weather cools down, here come the ladybugs inside your house.
    — Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Oct. 2025
  • When a ladybug takes flight, its wings spring open within a tenth of a second—faster than a blink of an eye.
    — Popular Science, 15 Apr. 2020
  • The tattoo is of hearts, a G clef, a peace sign, a ladybug and an apple.
    — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2022
  • These ladybugs are mostly seen on pines, oaks, elms and other common trees.
    — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Driving my little red car on this road was like sending a ladybug across a waffle.
    — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 July 2018
  • The tiny specks that appeared on the screen turned out to be a swarm of ladybugs, or what's known as a ladybug bloom.
    — Tainaya Nash, House Beautiful, 7 June 2019
  • Some cultures believe that ladybugs bring luck and good fortune.
    — Tainaya Nash, House Beautiful, 5 June 2019
  • Choose from red with hearts and cherries, pink with ladybugs, pink with pizza slices, or teal with strawberries.
    — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026
  • At the same time, calendula attracts ladybugs and lacewings, which feed on aphids.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 26 June 2026
  • Keep your kids’ bodies and brains active with this musical ladybug friend.
    — Fiza Pirani, ajc, 26 June 2018
  • Mixing any of these essential oils with water and spraying around your home can help keep ladybugs away.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In this play, a bold purple ladybug fights discrimination to find her place in the world.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Cicadas are known for making loud noises, while ladybugs are synonymous with red and black spots.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
  • Kids get bug-like goggles along with a map to introduce them to the bees, ladybugs, ants and spiders in the garden.
    — Sharon Boorstin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2020
  • My girls loved being able to choose their favorite color turtle, and there's now a cute ladybug option, too.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Bsn, Parents, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Those first few weeks, ladybugs managed to enter, without ingress, to fly around our bedroom in the attic.
    — Hazlitt, 29 May 2024
  • Everything went wrong but the chaos ended with peaceful bonding over a ladybug.
    — Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Aphids may descend on your garden, for instance, but so too will the ladybugs that keep their population in check.
    — WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Football players get built-in shoulder pads and detachable helmets about the size of a ladybug.
    — Julia Carmel Jessica Lehrman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Plant lavender in your rose garden to bring in butterflies and bees and helpful insects like ladybugs, which will feed on aphids.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
  • The cows sported baseball caps, Hawaii shirts, sunglasses, ladybug wings and more.
    — USA TODAY, 1 July 2019
  • Here’s how to get rid of ladybugs and Asian lady beetles and keep them from taking up residence in your house this fall.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Unlike distinctly red ladybugs, these beetles are more orange or black.
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Both love moist, rich soil, and dill's cheerful yellow flowers will attract ladybugs and green lacewings, which feed on the pests that attack spinach.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025

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