What do you call a male ladybird (ladybug)?

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What do you call a male ladybird (ladybug)?

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Last updated Jan 13 2017.

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If you mean the Ladybird Beetle, they are more commonly called Ladybugs and there is no separate distinctive for the male. They are simply male Ladybugs or male Ladybird Beetles.

https://onekind.org/animal/ladybird/

http://home.ptd.net/~insect/ladybug.html

Ladybug- American Ladybird- English

Response last updated by satguru on Dec 21 2016.
Aug 29 2002, 7:12 AM

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Jac
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'Ladybird' is the more common name outside the USA.
A male Ladybird may validly be called a drake. If you're talking about the pintail duck, Anas acuta.

www.oed.com

Response last updated by gtho4 on Jan 13 2017.
Sep 04 2002, 7:28 AM

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Q. What are boy ladybugs called?
A. Boy ladybugs are called ladybugs, too.

http://www.ladybuglady.com/LadybugsFAQ.htm

The ladybug is the state insect of the several states: Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_insects

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In the UK, a ladybird (as is the female). There was amusement in the UK over a First Lady of the USA appearing to be named for a small red or yellow insect....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae

Dec 15 2009, 12:37 PM

What do you call a male ladybird (ladybug)?

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