ladybird
suomi-englanti sanakirjaladybird englannista suomeksi
leppäpirkko, leppäkerttu
Substantiivi
ladybird englanniksi
Any of the (taxfmt) family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.
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1914, Entomological Society of America, ''Annals of the Entomological Society of America'', Volume 7, %22ladybirds%22|%22lady+bird|birds%22+-intitle:%22ladybird|ladybirds%22+-inauthor:%22ladybird%22&dq=%22ladybird%22|%22ladybirds%22|%22lady+bird|birds%22+-intitle:%22ladybird|ladybirds%22+-inauthor:%22ladybird%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SvybT7v3NumsiAf61bTYDg&redir_esc=y page 81,
- During this time, they eat about 825 Toxoptera per ladybird, making an average of about twenty-five per day to each ladybird.
1927, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Edward Everett Hale, and William Byron Forbush (editors), ''Childhood′s Favorites and Fairy Stories: The Young Folks Treasury'', Volume 1, Gutenberg eBook 19993,
- Lady-bird, lady-bird, fly away home, / Thy house is on fire, thy children all gone: / All but one whose name is Ann, / And she crept under the pudding-pan.
1976 September 30, Denis Owen, ''Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home'', ''Scientist|New Scientist'', %22ladybirds%22|%22lady+bird|birds%22+-intitle:%22ladybird|ladybirds%22+-inauthor:%22ladybird%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=COWbT5PGG6eXiQeD2tCqDg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22ladybird%22|%22ladybirds%22|%22lady%20bird|birds%22%20-intitle%3A%22ladybird|ladybirds%22%20-inauthor%3A%22ladybird%22&f=false page 686,
- Ladybirds, unlike most beetles, enjoy considerable popularity: they are attractive to look at and are well-known as useful predators of aphids—the greenfly and blackfly that destroy garden plants and crops.
2008, John L. Capinera, ''Encyclopedia of Entomology'', Springer-Verlag New York, 2nd Edition, %22ladybirds%22|%22lady+bird|birds%22+-intitle:%22ladybird|ladybirds%22+-inauthor:%22ladybird%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=COWbT5PGG6eXiQeD2tCqDg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22ladybird%22|%22ladybirds%22|%22lady%20bird|birds%22%20-intitle%3A%22ladybird|ladybirds%22%20-inauthor%3A%22ladybird%22&f=false page 2130,
- Perhaps it was a sense of lack of effectiveness of native ladybirds in rapid and complete control of aphid infestations that led to attempts to import additional aphid-feeding ladybird species into North America.