We think of ladybugs as cute red beetles associated with good luck and gardening. But the real ladybug story involves poaching, trafficking and a struggle for survival.
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John Losey, director of the Lost Ladybug Project at Cornell University.
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Matthew McKernan, consumer horticulture extension associate at Kansas State University.
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