About Us

Ladybug Baskets is a 15 year old company built on a simple truth: the most precious commodity we all have is time and seems today, we all have less of it. We provide you with an easy and simple way to shop for unique gifts for any occasion at a fair price. We literally only need 3 minutes of your time and we’ll take care of the rest.

We provide low-cost delivery anywhere in Eastern Massachusetts or Southern New Hampshire for any gift basket order. You have a wide variety of gourmet foods and snacks from which to chose, in a variety of “Baskets;” we have made gift baskets out of everything from bait buckets to coolers and even grills. Using a “Container” that has functionality means your gift will keep on giving long after the flowers are faded and forgotten.

If you need an idea, please browse our website. If you are buying a gift across cultures please check out our Gifting Do’s and Don’ts. If you are buying a gift for someone who is ill, please consult with our staff nurse, in complete confidentiality, to make sure your gift is appropriate for the recipient’s condition.

Thank you for considering Ladybug Baskets.

Testimonials

"I wanted to compliment you on the fantastic basket you put together for my son Michael. It certainly brought smiles to our faces. We have enjoyed the games and snacks immensely. Congratulations on a job well done." - Janice C.

"I just received one of your baskets. I think it was called Pamper Her. Well I would like to tell you that it was the most creative basket that I have ever seen. From the beautiful way that it was wrapped to all the goodies packed inside. And I do mean packed. The basket was over flowing with surprises. My husband has been sending me baskets for 10 years. Nothing even compares to the basket from you. You could tell that a lot of thought and care went into the basket. We loved it so much that we are going to order one for my mother-in-law. I know she will love it as much as I did. We wish you a lot of success and you deserve it. Keep up the good work!" -Judy H.

"What a wonderful idea! A gift basket was a unique way of showing me how well my father knew me. Each 'prize inside' had a special meaning to me." - Shawna C.

Fun Facts about Ladybugs

A poem from Middle Ages about Ladybugs went something like this:

Ladybug! Ladybug! Fly away home;
Your house is on fire, your children are all gone;
All but one, and her name is Ann,
And she crept under the pudding pan.

It is believed that this poem referred to a farming practice of burning the fields before planting. The ladybugs would fly away, the larvae would crawl away, but the eggs attached to the brush would be burned. Remember, way back then, pudding was made over an open fire.

In Medieval Europe, an insect plague was destroying the crops, so the Catholic farmers prayed to the Virgin Mary for help. Soon the Ladybugs came, ate the plant-destroying pests and saved the crops! That is how the colorful Ladybug got its name, the farmers began calling this heaven sent blessing "The Beetles of Our Lady", and they eventually became known as "Lady Beetles"! The red wings represented the Virgin's cloak and the black spots represented her joys and sorrows.

We have complied some common folklore about Ladybugs.

In Sweden, people believed that if a ladybug lands on a young woman’s hand, she will soon be married.

In America if you find a ladybug in your house, count the number of spots and that is how many dollars you will soon receive.

In England, farmers there believed, that finding a ladybug means that you will have a good harvest.

In France, people who were sick hoped that a Ladybug would land on them and fly away taking away their illness.

We don’t know where this one came from but if a ladybug has more than seven spots, then there will be a famine. If it has less than seven, then there will be a good harvest.

Ladybugs were used to cure tooth aches; doctors would mash up ladybugs and put them into the cavity.

Another old wives’ tale says that number of spots on a ladybug indicates how many children a woman will have.

Finding a ladybug in your house in the winter will bring you good luck.

For more practical information about Ladybugs keep on reading.

Ladybird Beetle or Ladybug, common name for any of about 6,000 species of brightly colored beetles found in temperate and tropical regions throughout the world. The ladybird beetle is less than 1.2 cm (less than 0.5 in) in maximum length. It has a nearly hemispherical body, rounded above and flat below, a small head, and short legs. Ladybird beetles are often red or orange above, spotted with black, white, or yellow. Some species are black, with or without spots. The larvae are also brilliantly colored, often blue, with stripes of orange or black.

All the ladybird beetles, with the exception of the members of one vegetation-eating genus, are carnivorous. In both the adult and larval stages they feed on insects harmful to plants, such as aphids and scale insects. Because of the help ladybird beetles render farmers in destroying agricultural pests, the beetles were popularly regarded in the Middle Ages as instruments of benevolent intervention by the Virgin Mary, whence the common name ladybird.

A common North American species of ladybird beetle, the nine-spotted ladybug beetle, is orange above, spotted with black. Adults of the two-spotted ladybug beetle often hibernate in houses during winter. This beetle is orange above, with a single large black spot on each elytron (protective outer wing). The convergent ladybug beetle is a western American species, the adults of which commonly swarm in large numbers on mountain peaks. These swarms are collected by western agricultural firms and are distributed to farmers for aphid control. The vedalia, an Australian species, has been imported into California to fight the cottony-cushion scale insect, which attacks citrus trees