Lady Birds

The larger beetles, I decided, would sound like steam-rollers, while the smaller ones, the lady-birds and others, would probably purr over the moss like clockwork motor-cars. ❋ Durrell, Gerald, 1925- (1956)

The first shoal of gnats, mosquitoes, and lady-birds, which Geronimo ignored, was very soon followed by the daddy-longlegs, the lacewing flies, the smaller moths, and some of the more robust beetles. ❋ Durrell, Gerald, 1925- (1956)

In this varied terrain so close at hand I found many creatures which I now regarded as old friends: the rose-beetles, the blue carpenter-bees, the lady-birds, and the trapdoor spiders. ❋ Durrell, Gerald, 1925- (1956)

On the rose-stems, encrusted with green flies, lady-birds moved like newly painted toys; lady-birds pale red with large black spots; lady-birds apple-red with brown spots; lady-birds orange with grey-and-black freckles. ❋ Durrell, Gerald, 1925- (1956)

All these discoveries filled me with a tremendous delight, so that they had to be shared, and I would burst suddenly into the house and startle the family with the news that the strange, spiky black caterpillars on the roses were not caterpillars at all, but the young of lady-birds, or with the equally astonishing news that lacewing-flies laid eggs on stilts. ❋ Durrell, Gerald, 1925- (1956)

"Moths, glow-worms, lady-birds, may-flies, bees, and a variety of other inhabitants of the insect world, are descanted upon in a pleasing style, combining scientific information with romance, in a manner peculiarly attractive." ❋ J. L. McConnel (N/A)

By this lavish use of confectionery, they gain a few interested friends and some enemies like the lady-birds, that eat them up. ❋ Various (N/A)

Whether lady-birds are unwelcome guests in a dairy I know not, but certainly I never heard of their being accustomed to haunt such places. ❋ Various (N/A)

Carefully observe the lady-birds that are frequently found where there are aphides. ❋ Ontario. Ministry Of Education (N/A)

Now the lady-birds are also fond of the aphides, and eat them up by hundreds. ❋ Various (N/A)

Wherever the aphides abound, whether in hop-ground, bean-field, or rose-garden, there are lady-birds gathered together, and they are welcomed by the cultivator, if not by the aphis. ❋ Various (N/A)

The lady-beetles, or lady-birds as they are often called, are fairly uniform in shape and color. ❋ Leonard Haseman (N/A)

Mr. Curtis says two lady-birds cleared two geranium plants of aphides in twenty-four hours. ❋ W. Houghton (N/A)

The little insect called the lady-bird destroys them in great numbers: so you must encourage lady-birds, if you want your roses to flourish. ❋ Various (N/A)

There was a picnic, or some sort of summer festival, going on; and the gay lady-birds we saw were either from Nantucket, or relatives from the main. ❋ Various (N/A)

They are continually seen in company; and the ants sometimes drive off the lady-birds and other foes. ❋ Various (N/A)

Well, the lady-birds, both when they are larvæ and when they are beetles, eat these pests, and help to keep their devastating swarms in check. ❋ W. Houghton (N/A)

The lady-birds (one of which is shown in Fig. 234) destroy great numbers of plant-lice, and their presence should therefore be encouraged. ❋ Unknown (1906)

Koelreuteria paniculata kudzu vine labels lady-birds lagenaria ❋ Unknown (1906)

There have been cases in which children, and even adults, have held grasshoppers, crickets, or lady-birds to their ears in order to more attentively listen to the noise, and while in this position the insects have escaped and penetrated the auditory canal. ❋ Unknown (1896)

[Lady Bird] Johnson was responsible for removal of all (in HER opinion) "tacky" road signs along old highway [66] in the mid 1960's, thus a part of our colorful history is [gone forever]. ❋ Mr. Music (2005)

There is a girl who always has her [birds] all over her, [dang], she's [a bird] lady! ❋ Birdie0000 (2012)

"I [hated] [English] today." "Yeah, [that woman] is such a bird-lady." ❋ Billiemarie Marshall (2008)

"Don't [give me] [crackers] [you stupid] cunt!" - crazy bird lady "I love you my pretty birdys!" - crazy bird lady ❋ TeheXD12345678910 (2009)

1. Guy 1: Dude i just got done with [the fat lady] [with the bird] and she would stop being so annoying. Guy 2: Aw Man that really stinks did you learn any thing? Guy 1: Yea, bring a gun and some bird poison. 2. "The way you sing [off key], the way you haunt my dreams, no they cant take that away from me" Frank Sinatra ❋ Peaknuckle (2006)

My mom's [the bird] lady. She's flipping [the birds] [all day every day]. ❋ Bitchwebangin (2017)

Example of how it's used in a sentence: Person 1: Who's playing the [First Lady] in [Oppenheimer]? Person 2: Christine Heneise as Lady Bird Johnson, from those [romantic] comedies. She's First Lady material now! ❋ Courtofowls (2023)

Person 1: who's playing the [First Lady] in [Oppenheimer]? Person 2: It's Christine Heneise as Lady Bird Johnson, from those [romantic] comedies. She's First Lady material now! ❋ Courtofowls (2023)