Thank you to Doris Strum in Atlanta, one of our most devoted readers, who gave me a link to the history of our ladybug.
The following information was taken from the following link:
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme/ladybugs/history.html
Here is some of the information I obtained, it is very well worth the read.
The main question that comes up when speaking about the history of Ladybugs is how they got their name.
In the middle ages, farmers were having great difficulty controlling the pests that kept plaguing their crops, mainly aphids and other such plant chewing critters.
In an attempt to fix this problem, they resorted to praying to the Virgin Mother Mary to help them with this terrible aphid problem. Shortly after, their prayers were seemingly answered with the arrival of these new new red polka dotted beetles.
From then on these bugs became known as “beetles of Our Lady.” Over time the name has become Ladybug, Ladybird, Lady Beetle, Ladybug Beetle, etc.
So as you can see throughout history, Ladybugs have been viewed as a gift from heaven.
Thanks again Doris for enlightening me and I hope others!!!
