Why are they called Lady Bugs?

I wonder also. I did a reading about there history and it was all about farmers and ladybug is linked with the Virgin Mary, also known as Our Lady to devout Catholics. Anyway, explanation was already answered by one of the mylotters. Ladybug are rare to find in my place nowadays. Children nowadays haven't seen it actual. When i was at school age lady bugs are every where, we even put it in our ornamental plants. We treat it as pets.

I never thought of this! Its true that they call male and female lady bugs "ladybugs". I found this from a website: 500 years ago, farmers were having trouble because of the insects eating the plants. The farmers prayed Virgin Mary for help and later, little red beetles showed up to eat all the bugs and saved the crops. Mary was also known as "our lady". So they called the beetles in her honor, "beetles of our lady". You can see how the name evolved to "lady bug". I know its a religious thing but I wanted to share because it is so interesting! Have a great day.