{"id":20976,"date":"2025-01-30T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=20976"},"modified":"2025-01-30T09:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T15:00:14","slug":"steph-loves-ladybugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2025\/01\/30\/steph-loves-ladybugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Steph Loves Ladybugs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last year in October, I randomly became completely obsessed with ladybugs. This obsession just came out of nowhere and surprised both me and my friends. I mean, I always thought ladybugs were cute. I would search for them on the school playground and I would let them crawl over my hands. They were the only bugs I would ever touch because I was scared of most bugs. Ladybugs were just comforting to me, rather than frightening.<\/span><\/p>\n

So when Halloween came around and I finally finished my (ladybug) costume, ladybugs were the only thing on my mind. I would draw them, I would research them, and my hands cramped every time I thought about that costume that I hand-stitched.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, I made a friend that told me the spot where ladybugs hang out the most: the benches between JI and the Y-Hut. So I checked there almost every day and took pictures of every ladybug I saw. I would show my teachers, my friends, and I even posted them on Instagram.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now imagine my horror when I realized every single picture I took was of an Asian lady beetle instead.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was <\/span>so<\/span><\/i> embarrassed. Every single ladybug that I showed off was an Asian lady beetle. There were <\/span>no<\/span><\/i> real ladybugs on my phone.<\/span><\/p>\n

But then I came to the conclusion that I don\u2019t care. Ladybugs and Asian lady beetles are cute. And to me, they\u2019re the same thing\u2026 Maybe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Obviously Asian lady beetles and ladybugs are not the same thing. But they could be if I called <\/span>everything<\/span><\/i> a ladybug. Obviously I\u2019m a ladybug, you can be too and we\u2019ll all be ladybugs. Even Asian lady beetles. <\/span><\/p>\n

So I’m going to rate some of the ladybugs I found. Don’t ask me which one is actually an Asian lady beetle because everything is a ladybug now.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This one used to be my favorite. I think the larger black spots are really unique, I swear I had another picture of a ladybug with bigger black spots but I can\u2019t find it. This one\u2019s pretty cool, though. It has a cute heart shape on it. 8\/10 ladybug.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This one had a bent shell! I felt so bad for it, but I don\u2019t think I could ever help it. Its spots are kind of fuzzy and tiny. 4\/10 ladybug.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"This one was just straight yellow. It\u2019s really cute, though. And it\u2019s super tiny. 7\/10 ladybug.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"I don\u2019t know what happened to this one. I can\u2019t tell if the shell is bent or not, but there is something going on. Its wing is sticking out a little bit. Poor thing. 7\/10 ladybug.<\/span><\/p>\n


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This one\u2019s pretty cool. It\u2019s got a heart shape on its back that looks like the white line in between my dog\u2019s eyes. It\u2019s super round and shiny. 8\/10 ladybug.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know what this ugly one is. I don\u2019t even think this is a ladybug or an Asian lady beetle (whatever). Its legs are so freakishly long and it has no spots. And it\u2019s sitting on a water drop. 2\/10 \u2026 whatever it is.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This one is so cute. Like, yeah it\u2019s got barely any spots, but it\u2019s actually cute unlike the last one and it\u2019s long legs. It\u2019s really shiny, too. 9\/10.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"This one\u2019s alright. It\u2019s super orange. Like even the face that\u2019s supposed to be white is orange. The spots are cute, and it looks pretty big. 7\/10 ladybug.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I think this one might actually be a ladybug. That fleshy background is my hand, don\u2019t mind how pale it is. Wait until summertime and I\u2019ll be a healthy color again. I remember seeing this one on my way to my dorm and it was like destiny that I recognized it 5 feet away getting crushed by a crowd. That was just my ladybug senses. This one crawled around on my hand a little bit, then flew away. We bonded really nicely that day. 10\/10 ladybug.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last year in October, I randomly became completely obsessed with ladybugs. This obsession just came out of nowhere and surprised both me and my friends. I mean, I always thought ladybugs were cute. I would search for them on the school playground and I would let them crawl over my hands. They were the only … Continue reading “Steph Loves Ladybugs”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20976"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21079,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20976\/revisions\/21079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}