You are right.....it seems they are sort of the same thing. 

I guess you have to be careful when you get them. Most Americans would only call them ladybugs when they are a specific type.

"Ladybugs are also called lady beetles or, in Europe, ladybird beetles. There are about 5,000 different species of these insects, and not all of them have the same appetites. A few ladybugs prey not on plant-eaters but on plants. The Mexican bean beetle and the squash beetle are destructive pests that prey upon the crops mentioned in their names."

Actually there is a lot of baggage associated with the "black" designation, and the adoption of it by "black" people.  It was sort of a protest, or play on words, so to speak.  It comes from the "one drop" rule.  That was if a person had one drop of black blood, they had different rights.

As  Langston Hughes wrote, "You see, unfortunately, I am not black. There are lots of different kinds of blood in our family. But here in the United States, the word ´Negro´ is used to mean anyone who has any Negro blood at all in his veins. In Africa, the word is more pure. It means all Negro, therefore black. I am brown."

The one-drop rule was a tactic in the U.S. South that codified and strengthened segregation and the disfranchisement of most blacks and many poor whites from 1890-1910. After Supreme Court decisions in Plessy v. Ferguson and related matters, White-dominated legislatures felt free to enact Jim Crow laws segregating Blacks in public places and accommodations, and passed other restrictive legislation. Legislatures sought to prevent interracial relationships to keep the white race "pure", long after slaveholders and overseers took advantage of enslaved women and produced the many mixed-race children."

It was only as recent as 1967 antimiscegenation laws were repealed in all parts of the USA.

Quoting lady in red

 

 

 No difference - just strange bed amerikan language!  

Images of ladybug

 Ha ha ha....so you call them ladybirds....that was President Johnson´s wife´s nick name.  She only recently passed away.  She was famous for saving wildflowers.

 I agree, that is one of the things that I love about Turkish culture.  To define people by their color, ethnicity,  gender preference (LGBT is controversial in more ways than one) is in my opinion silly impractical, inefficient and uncouth. 

 It is has saddened me greatly when I see people who come here from other countries get defined with these narrow categories.  I´ve seen some Turks and in particular some of the darker Turks, and people from other countries become aware of their and other people´s color. 

 Yes, I agree....it´s sooooooooo PC....but that is the way it is.  People actually do call themselves  "a person of color"....BTW....I´ve noticed the definition of just who is "white" has narrowed greatly in the last 20 years. 

As regards to your statement...for me I´m trying to be human.....

Many in the US are registered colored on their birth certificates.  Then there was a time when people where just "black" regardless of what ever other blood they had.  I knew a woman who was Amerindian, Chinese, Filipina, Arab and White.  She was incredibly exotic looking, but at that time, she was just "Black".  A new term for multiracial/ethnic people is in the works....but it hasn´t stabilized yet. 

It might interest you to know that the NAACP stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

 The current popular term is "person or persons of color...woman of color....man of color....

Found this amazing site with photographs of insects...and other things. 

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 Ladybugs...not ladybirds....you can buy them in nurseries here...or mail order them.  I also got some trichogramma and lacewing eggs....and a worm composter.  As you have probably guessed, I´m doing it the "natural" way.

Interesting, today he probably would have been sent to Guantanamo.

Actually, at least in the US, there are many religions who are known as conscientious objectors.  The Quakers, Mennonites, Amish are groups of Peace Churchs in particular that are famous for this issue.

 "War will exist until the distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige as the warrior does today."

– John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), the thirty-fifth President of the United States, letter to a Navy friend

In 1948, the issue of the right to “conscience” was dealt with by the United Nations General Assembly in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It reads: “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.” The proclamation was ratified during the General Assembly on 10 December 1948 by a vote of 48 in favour, 0 against, with 8 abstentions.

The issue of conscientious objectors has become a hot topic lately, as many are concerned about the return of the military draft.

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I released about 1,500 ladybugs in my garden the other night in order to control aphid infestation.  They were released with great care to follow the instructions.  The last couple of mornings there have been a lot of birds in my garden.....the cycle of life goes on.