The Ladybug was first added to the iPhone version of Hive in 2010. It comes with the Hive Carbon and Hive Pocket versions of Hive, and has been released as an expansion for the original edition of the Hive base game.

The Ladybug can move three spaces; two on top of the Hive, then one down. It has to move exactly two on top of the Hive and then move one down on its last move. It cannot move around the outside of the Hive and may not end its movement on top of the Hive. Even though it is unable to block by landing on top of other pieces like the Beetle, it can move into or out of surrounded spaces. It also has the advantage of being significantly faster.

The expansion comes with two game pieces (one each for the black and for the white player), to be used in addition to the pieces of the base game.