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Variegated Lady Beetle

Hippodamia variegata

The Variegated Lady Beetle is a small, colorful bug that helps keep gardens healthy by eating pests. They have spots and stripes that make them look very pretty!

Lebensraum: Urban areas

Aussehen

The Variegated Lady Beetle has an oval, dome-shaped body, typically red or orange with many black spots that vary in size and number. Its most distinctive feature is an M- or W-shaped black marking behind its head on a white or pale yellow background, which helps distinguish it from other ladybugs.

ReichAnimaliaStammArthropodaKlasseInsectaOrdnungColeopteraFamilieCoccinellidaeGattungHippodamia
Variegated Lady Beetle
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Variegated Lady Beetle

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Before becoming a beetle, its larva looks like a spiky, pest-eating mini-dragon!

Some lady beetles gather in huge groups, called aggregations, to survive winter's cold!

These beetles can survive extreme cold by producing a natural "antifreeze" in their bodies!

They were named "Our Lady's bird" by farmers grateful for their pest-eating help!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Toxic Shield

Variegated Lady Beetle can release a foul-smelling, yellow liquid from its legs because it contains toxic alkaloids that deter predators.

Fähigkeit

Pest Patrol

Variegated Lady Beetle can devour hundreds of aphids because it has powerful mandibles that help it crush soft-bodied pests.

Fähigkeit

Clever Play-Dead

Variegated Lady Beetle has the ability to play dead (thanatosis) that helps them trick predators into thinking they are not worth eating.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
6-10 mm
Größe
3-5 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
3 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These beneficial beetles are insectivores that mostly eat tiny, soft-bodied plant pests like aphids.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae and adults share similar predatory diets.

Hauptnahrung

  • Aphids
  • Scale insects
  • Mites
  • Small insect larvae

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Cotton Aphid

Aphis gossypii

Keeps aphid populations in check on plants.

parasitizes

Lady Beetle Parasitoid Wasp

Dinocampus coccinellae

A tiny wasp lays an egg inside the beetle's body.

depends on

Peach Tree

Prunus persica

Uses peach trees as a hunting ground for pests.

eaten by

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Despite defenses, sometimes prey for birds.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Lady beetles are friendly and safe to touch, but be gentle!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Variegated Lady Beetle?

6-10 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Variegated Lady Beetle?

3-5 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Variegated Lady Beetle?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Variegated Lady Beetle?

3 km/h

Was frisst Variegated Lady Beetle?

These beneficial beetles are insectivores that mostly eat tiny, soft-bodied plant pests like aphids.

Wo findet man Variegated Lady Beetle normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Variegated Lady Beetle?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Variegated Lady Beetle?

6

Snap-Karte

Zoome hinein, um Cluster aufzulösen und zu sehen, wo dieses Objekt fotografiert wurde.

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Neueste Snaps

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