25 Ladybug Quotes Admiring the Miraculous Beetles

I can only count on my fingers the number of times I saw a ladybug in person, but every time I spot one, I gaze at it for a long time. Do you do this too? Ladybugs, or Coccinellidae, are not bugs but small beetles known for their bright colors, distinctive markings, and various names. They are a miracle of nature, often seen as a symbol of luck in many cultures. Aside from eating pests, they are also excellent pollinators. Our collection of handpicked ladybug quotes below perfectly encapsulates all there is to appreciate about these spotted insects.

If you want to admire the tiny beetles outside our ladybug quotes and pictures, you should attract them through their stomach. Grow plants they love pollinating, like dandelions and marigolds, and ditch the pesticides. Further, these plants are also good to grow in the garden for bees!
While waiting for them, continue down for our hand-picked collection of quotes about ladybugs.

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Best Ladybug Quotes

You might think ladybugs are only red with black spots, but not all 5,000 species sport these colors. They can be orange, yellow, pink, brown, or all-black. Their markings also vary from spots to stripes, size, and frequency, and some species have no markings at all. 

Like their physical appearance, their names are also varied. They are called ladybirds in Britain, Marienkäfer or Mary's Beetle in Germany, la bete a bon Dieu or God's animal in France, and many more. 

As you can see, it is all related to religious beliefs due to an old European legend. It states that farmers prayed to the Virgin Mary, also known as Our Lady, centuries ago to save their crops from pests. A swarm of beetles donning her trademark red robe saved the day. 

Call them out in the garden using their various names after you read the ladybug quotes below.

"Little red bug, oh so cute, Here's a black spot for your suit."
- Susan M. Paprocki

"Ladybugs all dressed in red, strolling through the flower bed. If I were tiny just like you, I'd creep among the flowers too!"
- Maria Fleming

"A ladybug sighting has been linked with luck in love, marriage, healing, and newness in life."
- Unknown

Ladybug Quotes About The Spotted Red Bug In The Wild

The ladybug's bright appearance attracts us to them, but in nature, it's actually to deter their predators. This adaptation to survive by all colorful animals is called aposematic coloration. 

When threatened, the ladybugs secrete an unpleasant yellow fluid from their knees. The foul-smelling liquid, called hemolymph, is actually the equivalent of our blood. At the same time, they play possum by flipping on their backs. All these tactics work together to help keep ladybugs safe from predators and ensure the safety of other insects and plants.

Learn more about these beetles after checking out the following ladybug quotes below.

"The lady bug is the most genteel vermin in the market. They are spotted red and black for color and don’t look unlike a drop of red sealing wax."
- Josh Billings

"The ladybug wears no disguises. She is just what she advertises—a speckled spectacle of spring, a fashion statement on the wing, a miniature orange kite, a tiny dot-to-dot delight."
- J. Patrick Lewis

"A small speckled visitor wearing a crimson cape, brighter than a cherry, smaller than a grape. A polka-dotted someone, walking on my wall, a black-hooded lady in a scarlet shawl."
- Joan Walsh Anglund

"Sometimes, monsters are real,' Tess said, rolling over, leaving me alone with the ladybug staring up at me. 'Even if they don’t look like monsters.'"
- Andrew Pyper

"How brave a ladybug must be! Each drop of rain is big as she. Can you imagine what you’d do if raindrops fell as big as you?"
- Aileen Fisher

"With a butterfly kiss and a ladybug hug, sleep tight little one, like a bug in a rug."
- Unknown

Uplifting Quotes About Ladybug And Miracles

s mentioned in the European legend earlier, a loveliness of ladybugs came to the rescue by eating all the crop pests. And it holds a truth! 

Aphids, one of the enemies of agricultural farmers, are the top meal choice of ladybugs¹. When the hundreds of ladybug larvae laid on aphid colonies hatch, they immediately gobble the pests. 

In its lifetime, one ladybug can consume around 5,000 aphids. Other species have different food preferences, like fruit flies, thrips, and mites. And some can also be the pest themselves, like the Mexican bean beetle and the squash beetle.

While reading the ladybug quotes below, remember to attract the right spotted beetle for a bountiful garden.

"A brood of little ladybugs is wintering with me, one has just wandered across the paper—take it for a good omen!"
- Rainer Maria Rilke

"Even the tiniest things can be miracles."
- Unknown

"A sweet child of nature on a green turf lay smiling, with eyes like the blue sky and bright golden hair; and grasping the wild flow'rs gather'd from fairy bowers, when out crept a ladybird with wings light as air. It sat on her tiny hand as if 'twere a throne."
- Mrs. Joseph Rogers

"I'm sending luck and wishes all wrapped up in a hug. Good things should come your way with this tiny ladybug."
- Unknown

"We talked this afternoon of worlds that herd within the sky; of all the majesty and reach of stellar space, till I was grateful to the ladybug that crawled across my dress, just for its foolish speckled back, and for its littleness."
- Ethel A. Turner

"Lovely little ladybug sent from heaven above please watch over my garden and fill it up with love."
- Unknown

"This lucky little lady bug has landed here to stay To make my garden pretty and keep the weeds away."
- Unknown

"Oh ladybug, I wish you joy As you complete your garden chores. I'd like to put aside my work And join you in the out-of-doors!"
- Unknown

Fun Ladybug Quotes To Lighten The Mood

Before reading our fun ladybug quotes, we want to share their status in the wild. One report estimated a 14 percent drop in ladybugs in the USA and Canada from 1987 to 2006. Unfortunately, since insects are the least represented animal group in global research for datasets and assessments², it's difficult to find their updated conservation status. Despite that, let's focus on what we can control - by being educated and protecting them.

Thankfully a group of experts banded together to fill the gap in ladybug research³.

. They summarized how climate factors, landscape composition, and biological invasions affected the number of ladybirds. They have also formulated a blueprint to conserve the species by organizing actions into short, medium, and long-term goals. 

After finishing this article on a light note, you can start your baby steps on protecting ladybugs by checking out this citizen-based effort called Lost Ladybug Project.

"Ladybug! Call me Ladybug."
- Marinette Dupain-Cheng

"I think people should maybe just go out into the garden and watch a ladybug crawl across a flower and relax their mind. That's about all you need to know about life, I think."
- Harland Williams

"The lady bug is probably useful, but Webster’s unabridged doesn’t tell us for what."
- Josh Billings

"You can start a ladybug conversation with a total stranger without getting hit in the mouth."
- Charles Harper

"You know who must be very secure in their masculinity? Male ladybugs."
- Jay Leno

"And what about the ladybug man, the blue of his eyes over gray threaded black?"
- Janet Fitch

"You can’t have a bad day in polka dots."
- Anna Kendrick

"The ladybug’s a beetle. It’s shaped like a pea. Its color is a bright red With lots of spots to see. Although the name is ladybug, Some ladybugs are men. So why don’t we say 'gentleman bug' Every now and then?"
- Unknown