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Oh, TIL, never happened to me. They have such tiny chompers :)

Intriguingly, in a 2004 study, an entomologist placed 641 beetles in 11 different plastic containers, then cleaned and dried his hands before putting his palm into the containers to observe if the ladybugs bit him.

As a result, he discovered that 26% of the 641 insects bit him in hairless places. The interesting thing is that he wasn’t threatening ladybugs, meaning the bites weren’t self-protective. Ladybugs might have thought of human skin as some kind of food source. However, it’s essential that a much higher rate of female ladybug bites than males. So, do ladybugs bite more if they’re female? This topic probably requires further research.

https://www.learnaboutnature.com/insects/ladybug/do-ladybugs-bite-2/

... so it's the lady ladybugs ...

Does it hurt?