snug as a bug in a Rug

...on a January night when it is -0, I hope so.

Not all ladybugs are “ladies.” There are both male and female ladybugs. So how did they get their name? In the Middle Ages, European farmers were grateful to the little beetles for saving their crops from plant eating insects. They believed the way the ladybugs ate those insects (probably aphids) was a miracle that came from God in answer to their prayers. The Catholic farmers of the time named the insect for Mary, the mother of Jesus, who is known as “Our Lady.”