Ladybird (tentoomushi) (05)

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Ladybug, Ladybird Beetle (tentomushi, Japan)

***** Location: Japan, worldwide
***** Season: All Summer
***** Category: Animal

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Explanation

Ladybird, tentoomushi 天道虫, 瓢虫 Coccinellidae family
Gourd Beetle, tentoomushi 瓢虫 tentomushi

Tentoomushi literally means the Beetle of the Heaven's Way in Jpaan.



Look at more pictures here:
http://www.critterzone.com/gallery/bug_ladybug_seven-spot_gallery.htm

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In Europe we have the following legend about the animal:

... and when you plant your Mary Garden, let's hope some of "Our Lady's Birds" -- ladybugs, named for Mary when, according to medieval legend, they miraculously came to save crops from aphids -- come to protect your plants!
The red color of the "Lady Beetle's" body is symbolic of her red cloak, and the 7 black spots found on some species in Europe represent her 7 Sorrows. Lady Bugs are almost universally considered symbols of "good luck" because of the benefits they bring to man.
You might want to pray to St. Fiacre, patron of gardeners, for God to send some of these critters your way...

Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home,
Your house is on fire and your children all gone.
All except one whose name is Anne
Who hid herself under the frying pan.

http://www.kensmen.com/catholic/marygardens.html

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The Ladybug is actually a ladybird beetle. These common beetles have a very distinctive oval shape and bright coloring. The head is partly or completely concealed by its pronotum or top shell. Both adults and larva of most species are predaceous. Feeding chiefly on aphids, but also seeking out scale insects, mites and other injurous forms in insects. Ladybird beetles are often quite numerous where these pests occur. They may eat up to 1000 aphids a day.

Some species have been used commercially to combat scale insects injurious to the citrus orchards of California. Adults frequently overwinter in large groups under leaves or in debris. There are only two species of ladybird beetles that are phytophagous, which means feeding on plants. These can be serious garden pests.
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~sellers/bug/97/ub96/bug3.html

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A great link with a lot of Ladybird information



Ladybug Facts
Ladybug Anatomy
Ladybug Life Cycle
Ladybug Lore
Ladybug Crafts
Ladybug Links
Ladybug Photos
Ladybug Games
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/schoolyardscience.htm

How to say "Ladybug" Around the World

Austria ~ Glückskäfer
Czechoslovakia ~ Slunécko
Denmark ~ Mariehøne
England ~ LadyBird
Finland ~ Leppäkerttu
France ~ Coccinelle
Germany ~ Marienkafer
Greece ~ Paskalitsa
Holland ~ Lieveheersbeestje
Hungary ~ Katicabogár
Italy ~ Coccinella
Japan ~ Tentou Mushi
Jordan ~ Da'asouqah
Korea ~ Mudangbule
Latvia ~ Mara
Malaysia ~ Kumbang
Poland ~ Biedronka
Portugal ~ Joaninha
Romania ~ Buburuzã
Russia ~ Bosya Kopovka
Slovania ~ Pikapolonica
Spain ~ Mariquita
Sweden ~ Nykelpiga
Turkey ~ Ugurböcegi
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/ladybuglore.htm



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Worldwide use

Bulgaria

kalinka, kalinka-malinka

It showes the right way or the direction where one young girl may look for her huseband.

Ginka Biliarska
Bulgarian haiku club

http://europasaijiki.blogspot.com/

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Germany

We call this animal the Beetle of Good Luck, Glückskäfer. Or Beetles of Mary, Marienkäfer.
It id of course as its name says a symbol of good luck.

Gabi Greve

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Jordan



A ladybird rests on a flower at a public park in the centre of the Jordanian capital Amman May 17, 2005. Ladybirds, which are flooding gardens and parks at the start of summer, are considered a symbol of good fortune in Jordan.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/photo/050517/ids_photos_wl/r4195010106.jpg


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Things found on the way

The Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) was in the series of stamps of the Isle of Man in February 2001, Series 1. Bugs and Bees.
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jollian/NIIslman.html

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HAIKU




March ladybird--
glinting on her carapacea
tiny silver sun

John Ower, Spring Contest of Haiga Online 2004
http://www.haigaonline.com/2004springcontestthirdjohn.html

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てんと虫 一兵われの 死なざりし　　安住　敦
tentomushi ippei ware no shi nazarishi

Oh, ladybird--
serving as a private soldier,
alas, I survived!

Azumi Atsushi

More of his haiku are here:
http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/alpha-club/2-modern-azumi_a.htm

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dookefuku nugazu tentoomushi no shi yo (1982)

still wearing
its clown's costume,
the ladybird has died

Haiku written, selected and commented by TAKAHA Shugyo
http://www.haiku-hia.com/kongetsu_en06.html

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Painting from Diethelm Kaminski, Sevilla

gleich zwei Glückskäfer
nebeneinander gemalt –
doppelte Freude

two ladybirds
painted side by side -
double enjoyment

(Tr. Gabi Greve)

Marlies Matz, 29.04.2005

There are many more haiku for this painting on this page:
http://www.fotohaiku.com/machmit.htm

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A nice page on our ladybird friends. I gladly add this contribution:



watching
a ladybug
through tempered glass

Shane Gilreath

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harbour entrance
a ladybird lands
on my wrist

Copenhagen, by Gerald England, 2006　 　　　

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