More on lady beetles

I've been researching lady beetles to see if they really are considered lucky in China and this is what I have come up with.

From Wikipedia:

Some people consider seeing them or having them land on one's body to be a sign of good luck to come, and that killing them presages bad luck.

and from the good folk at Ask Jongo:

The Ladybug is considered a kind of beneficial insects which protect crops from aphid (a bug that eats crops).But not many people know it is a symbol of good luck. The kind of superstition is believed in many countries: Central Europeans --and similarly some Swedes--believe that if a Ladybug crawls across a maiden's hand she would soon be married; Germans believe that the Ladybug is generally good luck but a traditional belief is that if there are less than seven spots you are guaranteed a good harvest; in England each spot means a lucky month to come; in French vineyards Ladybugs bring good weather; and, similarly, in Austria a Ladybug is a sign of good weather; its name in Iran means "Good News"; and Canadians say that you should make a wish and let the Ladybug fly away--the direction it flies too shows the direction from which your wish will come; the Chinese consider it good luck to find one in the house. But less and less people know about ladybugs, since they are rarely seen in cities now. Some people have heard of the story, but no one knows where it originated from.

So it think it is fair to say that the lady beetle is a symbol of good luck, but is not specific to China. For this reason, I think we will leave the lady beetles out of the quilt.

NB - Apparently, they are called ladybugs in the US, ladybirds in Commonwealth countries (this is what I gew up calling them) but the correct name is lady beetle and thus they shall be called by me forever after.