What does the ladybug symbolize in switzerland?

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What does the ladybug symbolize in Switzerland? I have noticed it all over different place in Lausanne and on a delivery I received. My children would like to know as well. Thanks!

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I stands for good luck.

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It has brought nothing but bad luck to me.

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...how so?

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Foreign invasion?

http://www.schweizerbauer.ch/htmls/artikel_15199.html

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Well I have seen those feckin ladybugs all over....almost everyday....but nothing good has happened to me in Switzerland.

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Ladybugs mean good luck. I used to love getting the little ladybug chocolates when I was little.

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Yep! Called a "Glückskäferli" ("luck beetle") here in the German-speaking part.

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It would be nice to think that they do symbolize good luck. By the way, just before I left the UK we had an invasion of the reverse type, ie, black with red spots, that I hadn't seen before. Do we get those here too?

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..yeah, I've seen those here as well. They look way cooler I think...

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They are actually lucky to have in your garden. They eat aphids.

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If I find a ladybird in summer, I pop it onto my roses. Its very satisfying to watch the dinky looking creature going medieval on the aphids.

Cheers

Jim

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Oh, these are evil. My last apartment in America was infested with them, I would get swarms. And they bite, particularly if you wear red clothing.

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Me too (short, shorter, shortest)

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arent the other ones poisonous?

the red ones also stand for good luck in Belgium, just like the May beetle (also called june bug i think) which will pop up pretty soon. they are the only beetle I will touch

http://www.footo.nl/userfotos/4539/4...8616462884.jpg

In MN we would have millions of them get stuck behind the windows trying to warm up. The orange ladybugs that is

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Good grief, that's a bit odd - looks furry! My personal fave is the dung beetle.

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You dont have those in UK?

they usually hide in the hedges around a house and are quite big. but they are friendly and do not bite

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That's not a ladybird. Some unwanted refugee from Asia. Not even cute like the European ones.

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They are called Glückskäfer here which roughly translates as 'luck bug', hence the association with luck.

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I just asked a colleague and he'd only use the word 'Glückskäferli' for the chocolate ones, not the real ones.

As for the Asian Ladybirds . . . that's nothing compared to the dreaded Asian Hornet! (Wouldn't want to stray off topic though).