ladybird
lay dee burd
- n small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
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- Fire officials prepare for wildfire season with prescribed burns
Fighting fire with fire is the reason behind all the smoke over southwest Austin Wednesday. Firefighters ignited what's known as a prescribed burn near the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. The smoke
July 24, 2013 - FOX 7 Austin
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- Michael Majerus in BBC News
Dr Majerus said: "This is without doubt the ladybird I have least wanted to see here. I knew it was on its way, but I hoped that it wouldn't be so soon. Now many of our ladybirds will be in direct competition with this aggressively invasive species,... - Norman Stone in Telegraph.co.uk
The image of Florence that the spin doctors of the 1850s invented dug very deep,says Stone. "By the time it got to my childhood and the Ladybird Book of Florence Nightingale she floated about six inches off the floor and was doling out...