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The Eyed Ladybird (Anatis ocellata) is a large beetle belonging to the family Coccinellidae, recognized as the largest ladybird species native to Europe. It primarily inhabits coniferous forests, where it preys on aphids and other small insects found on pine and spruce trees. The beetle is distingui...
The seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) is a widespread beetle species and the most common ladybug native to Europe. Recognizable by its red wing covers marked with seven black spots, it was deliberately introduced to North America in the twentieth century as a biological control agent....
The Two-spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) is a carnivorous beetle belonging to the family Coccinellidae. It is a common species across the Northern Hemisphere, typically recognized by its red wing covers featuring one black spot on each. The species exhibits color variation, including a melanistic f...
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata, commonly known as the twenty-two-spot ladybird, is a small beetle belonging to the Coccinellidae family. Found across Europe and parts of Asia, the insect is recognized by its bright yellow wing covers marked with exactly twenty-two black spots. Unlike most ladybirds t...
The harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, is a highly variable ladybird species native to eastern Asia. It was introduced elsewhere as a biological control agent because both adults and larvae consume aphids, but it subsequently became invasive across parts of Europe, North America, and other regio...
The fourteen-spot ladybird, Propylea quatuordecimpunctata, is a small beetle in the family Coccinellidae found across much of Europe and Asia and introduced elsewhere. Its elytra are usually yellow or cream with rectangular black markings that can merge into larger shapes, so the apparent number of...
The ten-spot ladybird, Adalia decempunctata, is a ladybird beetle native to Europe and parts of Asia. It is highly polymorphic: individuals may be pale with dark spots, dark with pale markings, or intermediate in appearance, and the number of visible spots is not always ten. Adults and larvae feed m...
Epilachna varivestis, a ladybird beetle native to Mexico, is one of the few herbivorous coccinellids and a serious pest of bean crops in North America.
Epilachna borealis is a North American ladybird beetle that feeds on squash and gourd plants, making it one of the rare plant-eating members of family Coccinellidae.
