Coccinellidae of deadly crimes. Ladybirds have served as the US state insects of Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, and Tennessee, though only New York has selected a species native to the United States ("Coccinella novemnotata"); the other states have all adopted an invasive European species ("Coccinella septempunctata"). They have also been adopted as the mascot of Candanchú, a ski resort near Canfranc in the Spanish Pyrenees. Coccinellidae Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from 0.8 to 18 mm (0.03 to 0.71 inches). The family is commonly known as ladybugs in North America, and
Germanic name set remains in common use today. The most frequent name of Germanic origin in English has traditionally been William (Bill; from an Old High German Willahelm), followed by Robert and Charles (Carl, after Charlemagne). Very few names of native English (Anglo-Saxon) origin survive into current use, the most common of these being Edward, Edmund, Edgar, Alfred and Harold for males; the female name "Audrey" continues the Anglo-Norman (French) form of the Anglo-Saxon "Æðelþryð". Some medieval Germanic names are attested in simplex form; these names originate as hypocorisms of full dithematic names, but in some cases they entered common usage and