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The ladybug's Latin name, because even beetles deserve a little elegance.
means The scientific genus name for ladybugs/ladybirds, the small round beetles with spotted domed shells.
from From Latin coccineus, meaning 'scarlet' or 'dyed scarlet,' which itself traces back to coccum, the dried bodies of kermes insects once crushed to produce a prized red dye. So the ladybug's elegant Latin name is, at its root, simply 'the little red one' — a nod to the color before it ever named the bug.
- meaning
- Latin for little scarlet one
- root
- coccinus, the color scarlet or crimson
- taxonomy
- genus name for true ladybird beetles
- fun fact
- spots warn predators of its bitter taste