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Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle

Psyllobora vigintimaculata

The Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle is a small, friendly bug with bright yellow wings and twenty black spots. They love to munch on tiny pests like aphids, helping plants stay healthy and happy!

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle is a small, round insect, typically bright yellow to pale cream. It has twenty distinctive black spots across its wing covers. Its dome-shaped body helps differentiate it from flat-bodied beetles.

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Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle
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Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Baby twenty-spotted lady beetles look like tiny, spiky, walking alligators!

It's one of the few lady beetles that eats mold instead of pests!

Its spots aren't always exactly twenty; the number can vary slightly!

They sometimes gather in large groups to spend the winter months together!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Chemical Defense

Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle can release a bitter, toxic liquid from its legs that makes predators think twice.

Fähigkeit

Warning Colors

Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle has bright yellow colors and black spots that warn hungry birds and insects to stay away.

Fähigkeit

Playing Dead

Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle can pretend to be dead by tucking in its legs and dropping, surprising attackers.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
5-12 mm
Größe
2-4 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-365 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Uniquely, these beetles munch on fungi like powdery mildew, keeping plants healthy!

Altersunterschiede: Larvae and adults share a similar diet, primarily fungi.

Hauptnahrung

  • Powdery mildew
  • Fungal spores
  • Fungal mycelia

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Grape powdery mildew

Erysiphe necator

Feeds on this fungal pathogen, helping plant health.

depends on

Cucumber powdery mildew

Podosphaera xanthii

Consumes this common powdery mildew on garden plants.

eaten by

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

A common bird that preys on insects like lady beetles.

eaten by

Allegheny Mound Ant

Formica exsectoides

Ants may prey on larvae or adults when opportunities arise.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

These beetles are safe to watch, but don’t touch them too much to keep them happy.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle?

5-12 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle?

2-4 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle?

30-365 Tage

Was frisst Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle?

Uniquely, these beetles munch on fungi like powdery mildew, keeping plants healthy!

Wo findet man Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle?

6

Snap-Karte

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Neueste Snaps

Neueste Snaps erscheinen hier, wenn neue Beobachtungen hinzukommen.

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