Nine-spotted ladybird
The nine-spotted ladybird is a yellow to orange ladybird from North America. It has four black spots on each wing case and one spot right in the middle, which makes nine. It used to be everywhere, but now it is very rare.
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Fun facts
Around the 1960s it suddenly became rare, and scientists are still trying to find out why.
In 2006 one was found in Washington, DC, after none had been seen there for 14 years.
People all over the country help look for it and report when they see one.
Some nine-spotted ladybirds have no spots at all.
Seven-spot ladybirds sometimes eat its eggs.
Most asked questions about Nine-spotted ladybird
?Why is the nine-spotted ladybird so rare?
Nobody knows for sure. It became rare around the 1960s, and scientists are studying why.
?What does the nine-spotted ladybird eat?
Mostly aphids, so it is a helper in fields and gardens.
?How big is the nine-spotted ladybird?
About 5 to 7 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Coccinella novemnotata
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Nine-spotted ladybug, Nine-spotted lady beetle, C9
Where the facts come from
- Coccinella novemnotata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Jesse Rorabaugh. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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