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They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in the United Kingdom; "lady" refers to mother Mary. Entomologists use the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles to avoid confusion with true bugs. The more than 6,000 described species have a global distribution and are found in a variety of habitats.
Coccinella septempunctata, the common ladybug, the seven-spot ladybird (or, in North America, seven-spotted ladybug or "C-7" [1]), is a carnivorous beetle native to the Old World and is the most common ladybird in Europe. The beetle is also found in North America, Central and Eastern Asia and regions with a temperate climate.
Adalia bipunctata, the two-spot ladybird, two-spotted ladybug or two-spotted lady beetle, is a carnivorous [1] beetle of the family Coccinellidae that is found throughout the holarctic region. It is very common in western and central Europe. It is also native to North America but it has heavily declined in many states and provinces.
The Asian lady beetle is a ladybug lookalike that can cause trouble in the fall and winter months. These multicolored bugs can look seemingly identical to ladybugs, but they're much less friendly.
Ladybugs aren't just cute little insects. They play a large role in our ecosystem. Here's what they eat and why you might want them in your yard. ... Here's what they eat and why you might want ...
Because the ladybug safeguards crops by eating as many as 5,000 pests in its lifetime, it's commonly regarded as a protector. "They offer protection to those in need," confirms Orth.
A female beetle may lay between 200 and 1,000 eggs in groups of 8-15 in protected sites on stems and leaves over a three-month period. The larvae actively seek out prey and may travel as far as twelve metres in their search for food.
Coccinella leonina or as its common name of orange spotted ladybird suggests, has 16 yellow/orange spots on its black body, [1] with a squarish yellow/orange spot on both sides above the pronotum on the thorax [2] and then 14 other spots on its black elytra [3] which are larger and mostly separated by 1 mm diameter of the black background at the most. [2]