A beetle crawled laboriously across the gravel path before him, and he stepped aside to avoid crushing it; a ladybird discovered on the brim of his hat had to be safely deposited on a rose bush, nor in performing this act of charity did he disturb the web of a small spider who resided hard by.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
My twin brother was destroyed ages ago, and so was the scarlet cat's, and there's not even one elephant left in the ark, nor a camel, nor a canary, nor a ladybird, nor a bear."
"Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves"
Frances Freeling Broderip
I can in the sorrel sit Where the ladybird alit.
"A Child's Garden of Verses"
Robert Louis Stevenson