Lady bugs are all male with the exception of the queen. How did they get their name?

Question

Lady bugs are all male with the exception of the queen. How did they get their name?

Answer 1

If that's the case how do they multiply?

Answer 2

Because they are bugs that belong to the lady.  ; )

Answer 3

I am a licensed biology teacher and I hear this question all the time. Ladybugs have homosexual tendencies and tend to lean towards feminine nature.

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Answer 4

Well, the English name for them is ladybird, which I would guess is older. The proper meaning of the word bug is an insect of the order Hemiptera and a ladybird is of the order Coleoptera, so it would be unlikely that bug would be used in the newer American sense, that is any arthropod. Nowadays, zoologists in the US prefer the term lady beetle.

Anyway, I heard that lady was in reference to the virgin Mary.

Answer 5

In Europe, during the Middle Ages, insects were destroying the crops, so the Catholic farmers prayed to the Virgin Mary for help. Soon the Ladybugs came, ate the plant-destroying pests and saved the crops! The farmers began calling the ladybugs "The Beetles of Our Lady", and they eventually became known as "Lady Beetles"! The red wings represented the Virgin's cloak and the black spots represented her joys and sorrows. They didn't differentiate between males and females.