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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.