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Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
The Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle is a small, colorful bug with 14 spots on its back! It loves to munch on tiny pests like aphids, helping plants stay healthy and happy.
Habitat: Urban areas
The Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle is small and oval-shaped, typically bright yellow or orange with exactly fourteen black spots on its wing covers. Its pronotum, the segment behind its head, often has two black spots or a distinctive M-shape marking, making it easy to identify.
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Category
InsectsRarity
Common
Danger
1/5 · Very low
Snaps
34
Female lady beetles can lay hundreds of eggs to make many pest-eating babies!
Lady beetle larvae look like tiny alligators and hunt pests aggressively!
They squirt bitter, yellow 'blood' from their legs to scare away hungry predators!
They wiggle their antennae to sniff out tasty aphids hiding on leaves!
Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle can release foul-smelling, bitter-tasting yellow hemolymph from its leg joints to deter predators.
Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle can rapidly consume large numbers of aphids, helping to protect plants from pests.
A tiny but mighty predator, eating garden pests to keep plants healthy!
Age differences: Larvae are voracious hunters, eating even more aphids than adults.
Aphis gossypii
Helps control cotton aphid populations on crops.
Myzus persicae
An important predator of the common green peach aphid.
Acyrthosiphon pisum
Reduces pea aphid numbers, protecting garden and field peas.
Marked with spots or patches of a different color.
Solitary animals live alone for most of their lives, only interacting with others for mating or parental care.
Colorful describes organisms or objects displaying a wide range of bright and distinct colors.
This trait identifies organisms whose diet primarily consists of insects and other small invertebrates.
Diurnal animals are primarily active during daylight hours, typically resting or sleeping at night.
Describes a species whose presence and role have a disproportionately large effect on its environment.
This habitat trait indicates species that can coexist with humans in urban and suburban environments, utilizing man-made structures and green spaces.
Describes organisms that transfer pollen, enabling the fertilization and reproduction of plants.
No aliases listed yet.
Danger
1/5 · Very low
These beetles are friendly and safe to observe, but don't touch them too much.
The easiest way to identify Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle is to use the Snappit nature identifier app.
7-9 mm
3.5-4.5 mm
30-90 days
A tiny but mighty predator, eating garden pests to keep plants healthy!
Urban areas
Foraging
6
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