Ten-spot ladybird
The ten-spot ladybird is a small, round ladybird that loves to dress up. It can be red, orange or brown, and it can have lots of spots or none at all. Some are almost black with orange spots. It is a helpful hunter in trees and bushes.
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Fun facts
Even though it is called ten-spot, it can have anywhere from 0 to 12 spots, and very rarely up to 15.
There are three main looks: light with black spots, dark with a light edge, and dark with orange or red spots.
Its legs and feelers are usually brown or orange.
In winter the grown-ups hide in fallen leaves.
Its scientific name was first given by Carl Linnaeus, the famous scientist who named many plants and animals.
Most asked questions about Ten-spot ladybird
?Does a ten-spot ladybird always have ten spots?
No. It can have no spots at all, or as many as 12 or even 15.
?What does the ten-spot ladybird eat?
Aphids, tiny sap-sucking bugs on trees and bushes.
?How big is a ten-spot ladybird?
About 3.5 to 5 millimetres long, a little smaller than a seven-spot ladybird.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Adalia decempunctata
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
- Also known as
- Ten-spotted ladybird, Ten-spotted lady beetle
Where the facts come from
- Adalia decempunctata (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 Magnefl. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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