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The nursery rhyme that goes “Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home, your house is on fire, your children are gone” cruelly repeated in my head.

The nursery rhyme that goes, “Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home, your house is on fire, your children are gone,” cruelly repeated in my head.

It has set its sights on a bizarre-looking insect larva known as the mealybug ladybird, which sports a coat of white, waxy filaments that resembles fleece.

Previous studies have shown that animals including ladybird beetles and sand tiger sharks practice such lardering behavior.

Farmers and wildlife charities have take action in recent years to reintroduce extinct or rare species like beavers, ladybird spiders and red kites into England.