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
Alice (given name) have multiple spelling variants which are also well-used. "Alyssa", the 20th most popular in 2010, may sound like a variant, but it is historically of different origin, from the flower alyssum. Alice (given name) Alice is a feminine given name used primarily in English and French. It is a feminized form of the Old French female name "Alis" (older "Alais"), short form of "Adelais", which is derivation from the Germanic name "Adalhaidis" (see Adelaide), from the Proto-Germanic words , meaning "noble" and , meaning "heath(land), heather" or , meaning "appearance; kind" (compare German "Adel" "nobility", "edel" "noble", nominalizing suffix "-heit"