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Web:www.victoroavlovcom
CoverandIllustrationsby Victor Pavlov
Library andArchivesCanadaCataloguing
in Publicatron
Pavlov.
Victor.1958Polkadot troubles/ Victor Pavlov.
rsBN 978-l -92694s-t7-0
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PS8631.A8865P6520t1iC813'.6 C20ll-901782-2
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To my sons,my wtJb,und my nrother
Ackn owIedgements an d Bib Ii ograp hy
I startedthinkingof wrilinga bookfor
fhe storyof the bookis r bit unusual,
I children$ith the bjrthof my first son,Martin.Two yearsago,I returnedto
Bulgaria1ora shoftvisit. I was goingthroughmy old booksat the cottagewhen a
f-ewhandwritten
pagesfell outfrom ore ofthem,Thiswastheun{inished
manuscript
ofthe "Polka-Dot
Troubles"
storyI hadstarted
25 yearsago.
I broughtthepagesbackwith meto Canada
with theintention
offinishingthestory.
just
Eventually,
I did
that,translated
it intoEnglishanddrcwtheillustrations
for it.
I sincerely
hopcyou will enjoyreadingthe Ladyhird's
storyasmuchas I cnjoyed
writineit.
I ivouldliketo thankthefbllowingpeople1brtheirhelpwith thisproject:
My sorls,MartinandDavid,1'orbeingthesourceo1'myinspiration
fbr thisstory;
My wi1'eSuzanne
lbr hercreative
inputandhersupport;
Ms.JoseManntbr hersuperb
editorialworkofthe Englishversion;
Mr, Raymond
Coderre
andall thestafl'atBaicoPublishing
Inc.1'ortlreirguidance
throughout
process;
thepublishing
Prol'essor
Dr. SteveMarshall,
entomologist
liom lhc University
fbr his
o1'Guelph,
generosity
in oli'eringinfbrmation
on lady beetlesin NorthAmericaalongwith
photographs
liom hispersonal
liles,
Ms. RandiJoncs,entonrologist,
artist,andownerof Butterfly& NatureGili Store
in theUSA,whokindlyol'I'ered
someof herarticles
related
to theladybuglilt cycle
from her web site at rvrvwLadvbugl,adtr.conr:
All niy lriendsandcolleagues
fbr thcir helpand encouragement.
Victor Pavlov
I ) o rK A I ) o l l R o u t s l E s
("/omeoneis cryingin thcwood.ShouldI checkwhom?I thinkI should.
Letmc pcek
undertheblackbcrry
bush.Whata surprise!
Oh LadybirdlHush,hushl
"Why areyoucrying?PIease
tellmewhyl" askedtheantwhowaspassing
by,slowlyrollinga
grain.
big wheat
Because
theantsdon't havea trainto cany wheatfor all theirneeds,theypush
golden
by leetthese
seeds.
"Thankyou lbr asking,Mrs.Ant! To stopcryingI reallycan't.Splashed
by raindropsyestcrday,
I think my dotswerewashedawayi'rornmy shinycoatanddress.This is why I'm sodepressed.
I canfly andI canevencnwl. but I can'tdrawblackdotsat all. lt wouldbe wonderlil right now,
ifyotr coulddrawthernbacksontehow'
[)oLti{ Dor TR(JrrBLEs
A Few of the most commonLady Beetlesin NorthAmerica
or C-7)is theoriginal
The Seven-Spotted
LadyBeetle(Coccinellaseptempunctata
ladybirdofEurope.It hasthreespotson eachel)'tronandoneright behind
themiddleofthe thorax.Overthelastfive decades.
effortshavebeenmadeto
to theUnitcdStatesandCanada.
introducethis species
(around7mm)is oneof
TheTransverse
Lady Beetle(C. transversoguttata)
Ontario'smostbeautifulladybeetles.
This species
wasoncewidelydistributedin
NorthAmerica.extcndingfrom Labradorto Alaskaandsouthto California.It is
stillcon'rmon
in western
Canada.
tredccimpunctata)
is oneofour
TheThirteen-Spotted
Lady Beetle(Hippodamia
probably
is
the
most
common
lady
beetlein
mostwidesprcad
ladybeetles,
and
thefront spotfuse)
northernOntario.It usuallyhasthirtecnspots.but sometimes
Y-shape.
with two othcrsto form a sortofbackwards
gP/
fffi
TheThree-Banded
Lady Beetle(Coccincllalrifasciata)(4-5mm)is a widespread
species
thatseemsto havebeconrcrarein reccntyears,but perhapsthatperception
specics
ofrarity is only because
ofthe rclativeabundance
ofrecentlyintroduced
liketheSeven-Spotted
LadyBectle.
maculata)
is probablythemostcommon
The SpottedLadyBeetle(Coleomegilla
breakfastof
nativeladybeetlein eastcrnNorthAmcica. Oncatheygetseasonal
springpollen,Spolted
LadyBecllcsdispcrse
lo feedon a v0rietyofaphids.
E
E
mali)(9-l0nlm)is aptlynanrcdfor its
TheEyc-Spottcd
L.rdyBectle(AnAtis
yellow-ringc4eyeJikespots.Look for thisspecies
on pinctrees.
canbe seenfrom
TheNorthernPaintcdLady Beetle(Mulsantinahudsonica)
This sDccies
hasa
Labradorto NorthCarotinaandwestto BritishColunrbia.
middlcblackline wheretheelytrameet.
m
venusla)
Thedistinctivelypatlerncd
V-MarkedLadyBectle(Ncoharmonia
(5-6mm)is nowa commonbeetlcin thc southcrnpartofthe provinceofOntario.
This species
hasa tastefor beetlelarvaeratherlhanaphids.Look for themon
willowtrees.
W
T
(6-8mm)usually
glacialis)
LargeParenthesis
LadyBeetle(Hippodamia
Ourlargest
hassomeofthe spotson its wing coverfirsedintoa singlemass.
ursina)(3-4mm)is themost
Theomnge-Spotted
Lady Beetle(Brachiacantha
commonlyblackbcetlewith orangespotsfoundin Ontario.Theirlarvaearerarcly
Manyofthe blackladybeetleseatscale
seenbecausc
theystayundorground.
red ladybeetles.
insectsandmealybugs,unlikethemorefamiliaraphid-eating,
nilh the
Thc inlomotionan.l pic tts a,e takcn [ron] http:l/ltrir.bru.lph.Lat/lebt/h4/lalt-heetles.hnn
pemisliotl.fProlissorD:StercMarsha,cntonobgist.litr,ttheUni,ersil,olGucbh,Onturio,Cdnada
Por l..\-D(rr TRorir]Lrs
(.,/ome pcoplc bclicvc that when a Iadybuglandson one'sbody it brings good
Iuck. I believethxt a wish rvill conrctrue when a ladybugclarvlingon my llngcr is
blown awaywith the words 'Co back honrc"l
Ifyou rcadthc story.I anrsureyou will agree.
Ladybugshavecliii'erentnan'lcsjr1diff'crcntcultures:
a ln Cmadaandin thc USA thcy call it "ladybug"
a ln Englancl
and-Australia
theycall it "ladybird"
l In Bulgariapcoplccall it "kalinka"
I In Cireece
it is called 'paschalitsa"
I In Scrbiapcoplcknow it as "bubamara"
I In Ukrairrcit is callcd"sonechko"
I In Polandit is callcd"bicclronka"
I In Ituly theyorll il "coccinclla"
I l n S p a i nt h c yc a l li t ' l r a r i q L r i l a '
I In liancc it is knownas "coccinellc"or "b0tcii bon Dic '
f In Porlugallnd Brazil il is callcd".loaninha"
I Thc scicrltisls
frclcr to crll lhcrr ladybcctlcsor ('occincllirhc.
insidc.
Findnrorcilnazingl:rclsilboulladybLrgs
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