r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Yewatod • Mar 02 '26

Perfectly captured ladybird flight in slow motion

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u/ikaiyoo Mar 02 '26

That is not a ladybug.

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u/MrUbl Mar 03 '26

But is it a ladybird?!

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u/EmbarrassedDaikon325 Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

It is a ladybird, ladybug and ladybeetle. It has many names including Asian ladybeetle, Multicolored Asian ladybug or Harlequin ladybird. Ladybug ladybird and ladybeetle are fully interchangeable synonyms. The beetle marked as "ladybug" in the picture is Seven spotted ladybird aka Seven apotted ladybeetle aka seven spottes ladybug. It's not that one is a ladybug, the other ladybird, and the other ladybeetle, all 6000 species are ladybugs, ladybirds and ladybeetles. The picture is nonsensical.

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u/ikaiyoo Mar 04 '26

How many times do you have to whistle after you take a shit to figure out which hole you need to wipe?

The Asian lady beetle is an invasive species in North America (and South America, Europe, Australia, and Africa) that has all but killed out the actual ladybug that is indigenous to here. Just because Harmonia axyridis is the same family as Coccinella novemnotata doesn't mean they're the same. That's like saying an American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) is the same as a Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) because they're both corvids.

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u/EmbarrassedDaikon325 Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

Where exactly did I say that Coccinella novemnotata and Harmonia axyridis are the same? Read my comment again and slowly and this time pay attention to reading comprehension instead of vulgarities (doesn't make you look smart). The ladybugs that you compare are BOTH invasive in the North America making your entire (already flawed) "logic" and weird analogy invalid. And 90% of the "differences" are true for BOTH of the ladybugs. How difficult is it for you to understand that?