Spotless ladybird
The spotless ladybird is a ladybird with no spots at all. Its wing cases are plain orange to deep red, and its head has neat black and white markings. It is a hungry helper that eats the tiny bugs that hurt plants.
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Fun facts
Its pupa has a secret weapon called a gin trap: little gaps on its body that snap shut and pinch attackers like ants.
You can tell boys from girls by the face: the male has a white face, the female has black running down into her face.
Its eggs are orange or yellow and only about 1 millimetre across.
Not every aphid is good food for it. One kind of aphid is poisonous to its larvae.
It is the most widespread ladybird in Latin America.
Most asked questions about Spotless ladybird
?Do all ladybirds have spots?
No. The spotless ladybird has plain red or orange wing cases without any spots.
?What does the spotless ladybird eat?
Aphids, the tiny bugs that suck juice from plants.
?How big is the spotless ladybird?
It is about 4 to 6.5 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cycloneda sanguinea
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
- Also known as
- Spotless lady beetle, Spotless ladybeetle
Where the facts come from
- Cycloneda sanguinea (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 Dianakc. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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