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Ladybirds are among the cutest creepy crawlies: you find handbags in the shape of them, and some people think they bring you luck if you wish on one.

But even the loveliest things can get a bit much, and you might have noticed there being rather a lot of the cute red bugs around this year.

Either we’re all about to see something extremely fortune happen (Keir Starmer would be happy about this), or there’s something else going on.

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[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting, we call these things ladybugs in the US. I haven't seen one in a long time but I know they are good news for Rose gardens.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm often weirdly nationalistic about British words/spelling against American words/spelling, but you're dead right on this one.

It is definitely a "bug". Nothing about it resembles a bird.

I'm still going to call it a "Ladybird" out loud, but I'll be thinking "Not even slightly a bird" whilst I say it.