In childhood, many people think that the age of “flying to the sky” and “bringing bread” of the insect can be determined by the number of points on his body. We checked if it was true.

Although the main contingent of the carriers of this information are children of preschool and school age, adults also participate in its distribution in some places. Some parents They tellWhat about the city legend their child was learned in the kindergarten. Indeed, in the format “they say among the people: how many points the cow has, for so many years” she is presented on the sites of the All -Russian network edition "Preschooler.rf", pedagogical magazine "Cognition", as well as on a variety of resources with ready -made presentations (ThepreSentation.ru, ppt-online.org), which are actively used by teachers and educators of the post -Soviet space. The connection of the number of points and age of insects is played out in children's tasks. Judging by some reviews, many adult citizens continue to believe in a similar version.

God's cow has a special place in Russian folklore. The Slavs attributed to her a connection with the sun, and later in Rus' there was a tradition of asking the God's cowe sowing on the upcoming weather. If the insect flew away, then it was believed that the day would be clear, if it remained - inconspicuous. In addition, unmarried girls in God's cow Guessed - They asked where they will meet the future groom and how soon they will go out for him, after which they blew a bug from a palm and looked after the direction. Some in the number of points determined how many happy months will be in the coming year. The same series of beliefs includes the legend of interest to us.

However, in reality, the situation is completely different. Firstly, The family of God's cows Significantly richer than it might seem at first glance, it includes several thousand species. Secondly, the number of points is not an age-related or even individual sign, but a species. All individuals of the same species have a certain number of dots on the elytra (this is the name of this part of the insect body), and this number is often included in the name of the species. So, it exists as a two -point ladybug (Adalia bipunctata), and the twenty -hubby (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata), also known as a potato cow. However, these, speaking of the mathematical language, are extreme meanings, and the most common species of God's cows in Russia and the world is the seven -pointCOCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA).

Two-, seven- and twenty-hosmitochny ladybugs

Moreover, there are ladybugs with both white dots and without points - for example, in Britain The latter are represented by 21 species of 47 living there. This company also includes the most common view of God's cows in Latin America - Cycloneeda Sanguinea. However, this circumstance is apparently not reflected in the attractiveness of males or females.

Representatives of the type of Cycloneeda Sanguinea

And finally, another fact that finally destroys the legend: Live These small creatures are usually from a year to two, that is, they could not “grow” to seven or 28 points.

Thus, information about the relationship of the number of points on the body of God's cows with their age is a popular belief that has nothing to do with reality.