ladybug: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	coccinellid • ladybird beetle • Coccinellidae

Photos

Close-up of a black ladybug with red and orange markings on its back, perched on a green plant stem.

Cheilomenes lunata

A red and black ladybug eats green aphids on a blade of grass, with more aphids lined up ahead on the stem against a blurred green background.

ladybird beetle larvae

ladybug: aggregation

Illustration of a 12-spotted ladybird beetle, Hippodamia convergens, showing an oval red-orange body with twelve distinct black spots and six black legs.

Nine-spotted ladybird beetle

Representative beetles.

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