LITTLE ROCK — Ladybugs look as cheery as cupcakes with sprinkles. But a ladybug has troubles, too. The once plentiful ninespotted ladybug, for example, has "apparently disappeared" from Arkansas, says ...

ITHACA, N.Y. - The rare nine-spotted ladybug, subject of a nationwide citizen science project launched after it appeared the insect had gone extinct, has been found in New York state for the first ...

Kids, teens, and other Schenectady locals helped release rare ladybugs at Central Park Thursday during a Cornell-sponsored program that hopes to re-establish the native species around the state. New ...

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find ladybugs! About 20 years ago, researchers realized that the nine-spotted ladybug had not been seen for a while in New York state, where they ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Two years ago in Virginia, two children made a discovery near their home ...

Introduced ladybug species don't just bug humans. They have an impact on other ladybugs as well. New York hasn't seen its state insect – the nine-spotted – in years. It's believed that a different ...

ITHACA, N.Y. — The nine-spotted ladybug was considered so common, charismatic and crop-friendly that it was adopted as New York's official state insect in 1989. As it turns out, the species may have ...

ITHACA, N.Y. -- -- ITHACA, N.Y. -- The nine-spotted ladybug was considered so common, charismatic and crop-friendly that it was adopted in 1989 as New York's official state insect. As it turns out, ...