Twenty-two-spot ladybird
The twenty-two-spot ladybird is a tiny, bright yellow ladybird with 22 round black spots. Unlike most ladybirds, it does not hunt aphids. It eats mildew, the white fuzzy mould that grows on leaves.
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Fun facts
Its larvae and pupae are yellow with black spots too, so all its life stages look a lot alike.
It stays low. It is almost never found higher than 1 metre above the ground.
In Kazakhstan, scientists once found up to 500 of them spending the winter together in fallen leaves.
Its picture is on postage stamps from many countries, and a Finnish rock band is named after it.
A mother lays 20 to 100 eggs under leaves, right where the mould grows.
Most asked questions about Twenty-two-spot ladybird
?What does the 22-spot ladybird eat?
Mildew, the white mould that grows on leaves. It does not eat aphids like most ladybirds.
?How big is the 22-spot ladybird?
It is tiny, only 3 to 5 millimetres long.
?Where can I find a 22-spot ladybird?
Look low down on plants in meadows, gardens and parks, especially on leaves with white mould.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
- Also known as
- 22-spot ladybird
Where the facts come from
- Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (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 Olei. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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