"God's little cow"
(midwest.social)
The Picard Maneuver
WholesomeAm Irish. Can confirm.
But why?
It's mostly called "gărgăriță" in Romanian, but also - and I just found out thanks to this post - "vaca Domnului", which translates to... you've guessed it: God's cow
In my part of Argentina they're saint Anthony's little cow (vaquita de san Antonio)
In Dutch it’s lieveheersbeestje, meaning ‘dear Lord’s little beast’
In Hebrew: Old (as in rabbi) Moses' Cow
Ants cultivate aphids like we do cows, farming them for their secretions. Ladybugs eat aphids. Ants must see ladybugs as something like a bear that comes from the wild and devastates their livestock. To the ants, god’s little cow might be a red devil 🐞
Finnish it is, leppäkerttu, leppä (“blood”) (archaic) + Kerttu, after the red-orange color.
In French, coccinelle means literally nothing. But it is also called "bête à bon dieu" which can be translated to "the good god's beast" (good god as in god is a good guy).
Coccinelle is just a derivative of the Latin name, which is from the Latin word for scarlet.
I assume another derivation is cochineal, aka carmine red, a dye extracted from insects.
crazy. just call them key maidens like civilised people.
We call them "Mary's Beetles" as in Virgin Mary.
