Coccinellidae 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 ladybirds in Britain and other parts of the English-speaking world. Entomologists widely prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as these insects are not classified as true bugs. The majority of coccinellid species are generally considered useful insects, because many species prey on herbivorous homopterans such as aphids or scale insects, which are agricultural pests. Many coccinellids lay their eggs directly in aphid and scale insect
Arabella (given name) been suggested as the root of the name Arabella and its variants. However Orabilis may have been a purely speculative Latinized form rather than the name's true root, and usage of Arabella and its variants long being confined to Great Britain with no equivalent names in evident use elsewhere would argue for a British origin such as the Celtic "òr a bheul" "golden mouth", the Scottish equivalent of " Bel-óir" the Irish epithet for Saint Gregory the Great. Another theory suggests that the name Arabella - like the name Annabel - is a Scottish development of Amabel, whose ultimate root