A ladybird is called a nyckelpiga in Swedish. It actually translates into “key maid”. Neither its Swedish or its English name makes much sense, as far as I can tell.
Even when you see these close-up shots, taken with my macro lens, you can’t tell where it has gotten these names from.
In the US we call it a ladybug- I’d like to imagine it’s because she is wearing a fabulous red polka dot dress.
The Dutch word for it translates as ‘our dear lord bug’, which is even weirder …