Coccinella septempunctata, commonly known as the seven-spot ladybird, often abbreviated C-7, is a carnivorous beetle native to Europe, most of Asia, and North Africa. It inhabits many regions with a t
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Seven-spot ladybirds mating
Aphids on a plant host; aphids are the seven-spot ladybird's staple diet
Coccinella septempunctata in Turkey
Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Co
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…is designated the national insect of Finland. The seven-spotted ladybug is also the official insect in five states in the United States, namely, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Delaware, Ohio and Tennessee. New York state has another species of ladybug as their official state insect, the nine-spotted ladybug…
The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882). The Pilgrims founded Plymouth in 1620.
In 1646, John Winthrop the Younger established the Saugus Iron Works, which was the first integrated ironworks in North America. It included a blast furnace, forge, rolling mill, shear, slitter and a quarter-ton trip hammer, all of which has been restored and is now a museum.
The Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God (cover page shown), also called the Eliot Indian Bible, is the first Bible to have been printed in British North America.
A 1910 painting of the Battle of Lexington