submitted 3 years ago by AskThinkingTim@lemmy.world to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml

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I am Australian and have always known it exclusively as the American term “ladybug”. Never heard of ladybird before.

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[-] Dream_state@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

Also Australian, never heard of ladybird... Weird

[-] maddogx2@feddit.uk 1 points 3 years ago

We call them ladybirds in the UK. No idea why.

[-] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 1 points 3 years ago

Santa Maria is the lady in question. The bird part could be a corruption of 'beetle' maybe? Or perhaps just it just sounded more poetic.

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