Poplar ladybird beetle
The poplar ladybird is a tiny pink ladybird with square black spots on its back. Some are red or pale yellow, and a few are completely black. It lives up in trees like poplars and pines.
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Fun facts
Its spots are square, and sometimes they run into each other.
In winter it sleeps under tree bark, and sometimes even on gravestones.
It has been found resting between the two panes of a double window.
In Great Britain it is very rare. One was even found on bananas inside a building.
Most asked questions about Poplar ladybird beetle
?What does the poplar ladybird eat?
Aphids. Both the grown up beetles and the larvae eat them.
?How big is the poplar ladybird?
Very small, only about 3.5 to 5 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Oenopia conglobata
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
- Also known as
- Poplar ladybird
Where the facts come from
- Oenopia conglobata (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 unknown author. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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