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The lady in ladybug is a reference to Mary. Before that, the middle English was, you guessed it, a reference to a cow, Godyscow. Also, in Polish, it's God's cow. Welsh gets short red cow. There's also a archaic French term that's God's cow.
The other animal that seems to show up is hen.
In Danish, it's known as a "Mary-hen" (as in adult chicken)
perhaps that is connected with the British word, "ladybird"