aggravated assault or science?

what would make a normally peaceful ladybug so angry? and what would make said irritated insect vent its grievances upon my hapless finger? perhaps i was staring at it. i know some people get very bothered when someone is staring at them for too long, so i guess it makes complete sense that an arthropod could also possibly grow very uncomfortable when stared at. especially when the creature that is staring at it is about a billion times its size and could easily crush it. i guess if the moon was staring at me, i would feel a little intimidated and uncomfortable too. i still don't understand why it had to attack me though. (ok, attack may be a somewhat strong word, after all, its just a ladybug. however it could be argued that because of its normally docile and general friendly disposition, even the slightly insult could be viewed as a drastic departure from its usual character, placing it well within the definition of attack.)

in an attempt to give it the benefit of the doubt, it wasn't attacking me. it was merely performing an experiment: how will a human respond when i pinch its finger? but this still begs the question, why would a ladybug care?! i have a theory. i think that it was hired by aliens. in the interest of gathering information with the least impact possible, disdaining even the slightest hint that they are studying us (hence they view complete abduction with the utmost of contempt), they have been forced to outsource their research. of course this is a slow, laborious, painstaking process that isn't nearly as accurate as abduction, but they fear the consequences of discovery. apparently they have seen a few of our movies.