Lady beetle

Hyperaspis pantherina

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae

Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles. They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and other English speaking territories; "lady" refers to Mary, the mother of Jesus. Entomologists use the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles to avoid confusion with true bugs.

Distribution

Lady beetle — (c) Tyler Bishop, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 4Portugal · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Tyler Bishop, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionCoccinellidae, Wikipedia contributors

Lady beetle

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