How To Use Ladybird In A Sentence
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I have sprayed them a couple of times with soapy water, which kills some of them but doesn't harm beneficial insects like ladybirds.
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The ladybirds were being irresistibly drawn to the iridescence of the white material and by the time he was standing, smartly leaning on his cane, with his toes amid the washed up dead ladybirds.
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These sturdy immigrants threaten some of our 46 native ladybirds in the manner of the coypu and grey squirrel.
John Godber swaps Hull for Wakefield
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Majerus, O'Donald, and Weir, for instance, were interested by the genetical control of mate selection in ladybirds.
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But from no point near the bridge would it be more possible to see far up any cleeve, than it would be for a ladybird, perched at one end, to trace all the lines of a stag's horn.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts
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They also protect their herds. On this scale , a ladybird is more dangerous than a wolf.
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Ladybird invasion: Population explosion sees millions of the humble coccinella beetle descend upon Somerset and Norfolk
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If you feel your garden lacks natural balance, or you are just the panicky type, invest in a loveliness of ladybirds.
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For me, bumble-bees and ladybirds are not the only signs of spring.
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I disturbed a loveliness of ladybirds whilst cutting back Stipa gigantea
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He was wearing his new ladybird-red waistcoat, and it suits him well, although his normally coiffed hair was disordered and his delicate cheeks splotched with colour.
Exit the Actress
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There are fewer lacewings and ladybirds.
Times, Sunday Times
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Many insects, such as ground beetles, hoverflies and ladybirds, can keep pests under control - but not if they've been destroyed by chemical sprays.
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Natural enemies of greenflies are ladybird larvae, hoverfly larvae, gall-fly larvae, lacewings and earwigs.
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Ladybirds (ladybugs in North America) fulfill all the requirements for a useful bioindicator," the study authors write.
Scientific American
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_shamianah_, Ladybird, the Boy is looking out for you.
Captain Desmond, V.C.
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Wherever it went it dislodged the tiny blue butterflies in clouds, and scattered the glossy scarlet of the ladybirds.
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Early collections included stripy scarves in shades of Pinky and Perky, tiny handbags in boiled wool and bobble hats straight out of Ladybird story-books.
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A ladybird crawled up a dry stalk, then stepped delicately across to the oiled and battered stock of the rifle.
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The gardener's friend, the busy little ladybird helps by eating aphids and greenfly.
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They knew ladybirds were rather crunchy but soft inside, like tiny prawns.
Times, Sunday Times
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Also got some lovely goodies - notepad, ladybird needlecase, little shaped erasers (which I foresee being taken straight away by small people) and a great cross-stitch pattern which I am itching to start but won't until I finish at least two of my already started projects.
Booty!
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There's a loveliness of ladybirds in the walled garden at the moment.
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Now, by my maidenhead, at twelve year old, I bade her come. What, lamb! what, ladybird! God forbid! Where's this girl? What, Juliet!
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Why are strawberries and ladybirds both red?
Times, Sunday Times
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Many insects, such as ground beetles, hoverflies and ladybirds, can keep pests under control - but not if they've been destroyed by chemical sprays.
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It put me in mind of opening the bedroom window recently to discover an equally astonishing loveliness of more than 100 ladybirds crammed into the outer frame casing.
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And it was attended by President and Ladybird Johnson, so I figured, you know, such an important occasion, I better give them the works, right?
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Like many of our endemic species of ladybirds, these beetles have handsome red-and-black coloration.
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A loveliness of ladybirds in the spare room, sprinting house spiders in the living room, and hungry silverfish in the kitchen are just some of the creatures that head indoors as winter sets in.
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Tie short pieces of old bamboo canes together to make a nest for ladybirds and place them next to the plants that are regularly attacked by aphids, such as roses.
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My quest for shelter for all kinds of wildlife also means there's a good excuse for friends to give simple, but very welcome home-made birthday gifts such as the pictured ladybird (aka ladybug) and bee haven my friends S & L gave me last week.
British Blogs
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They are multicolored Asian ladybugs or ladybird beetles, first introduced to the southern United States to control aphids.
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I had them all this summer - a ladybird poppy, lupin, phlox, busy Lizzie, begonia, fuchsia and foxglove and many, many more.
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We are associates in business; business of a most important -- But what does that term signify to you, my precious ladybird?
The Net
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Fortunately ladybirds love to eat greenfly and they can help the gardener to control them without having to use chemical sprays which can also kill helpful insects.
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Natural predators such as ladybirds and lacewings love to eat aphids, but they can be scarce.
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Harlequin ladybirds are abundant now in gardens and on golf courses.
Times, Sunday Times
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Oblivion from outer space is a suitably millennial topic, and is something for all the worriers and doomsters to dwell on now the world didn't end last Saturday and the Millennium Bug turned out to be about as threatening as a ladybird.
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I think this one started when he was just a wee laddie with a ladybird book on weather but it was reincarnated last week.
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Recently many of us have begun to plant flowers in the vegetable garden to deter pests by attracting beneficial insects such as ladybirds and hoverflies.
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The ladybirds are suburban scarabs - there is something jewel-like about them, like tiny ladybird cufflinks set with emeralds and diamonds, or enamels, etched with intricate engravings.
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The ladybirds are very cool - there are ladybirds printed on the fabric, and then she's attached little plastic ladybirds, which don't have antennae, but the antennae from the printed ladybirds shows - clever!
Archive 2007-05-01
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Thrushes, ladybirds, dragonflies, spiders and hoverfly larvae will snack on aphids, snails and other pests, saving you time, work and money.
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Useful insects include silkworms and ladybirds that predate upon aphids.
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I untied Ladybird and mounted, I guided her across the stream and down the hill until we came to the bottom then we broke into a canter and galloped all the way home.
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After a good autumn feed-up, snails, bats, butterflies, snakes, ladybirds, dormice and others find somewhere they hope will remain undisturbed and usually dry.
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Insects such as ladybirds and lacewings overwinter there too, so leave the tidying till spring.
Times, Sunday Times
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Front seats were reserved for the Ladybirds, Girl Guides, Cubs, Beavers and Boy Scouts, all of whom had paraded from the Bandroom in glorious sunshine.
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But if he really wanted to be ecologically sound he should introduce into the garden some fast breeding ladybirds - which eat greenfly by the thousand.
Mistaken Identity
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This kind of flasher, along with most animated and large signage along Route 66 in Albuquerque was eliminated as a result of LadyBird Johnson's "beautify America" campaign.
Albloggerque
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Ladybirds are well known predators of greenflies and other aphids.
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As well as their important compost-creating role, nettles also provide excellent food for some butterflies and moths and are much-loved by ladybirds.
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There is at least one example where PA accumulated by aphids from their host plant are in turn sequestered by the aphid's predator, ladybird beetles.
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One of the greatest surprises recorded by the survey is the recolonisation of Britain by the 13-spot ladybird, which was once considered extinct here.
British ladybird species struggling to compete with alien invaders
