Broad-striped lady beetle
The broad-striped lady beetle is a ladybird with stripes instead of spots. Its back can be yellow or pink, with three black stripes running along it. Its body is longer and flatter than a round ladybird.
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Fun facts
Its scientific name comes from its stripes. The old word "vittae" means stripes.
It is the only species in its genus.
It is slower at hunting than many other ladybirds that live near it.
Many of these beetles like to gather together in big groups of their own kind.
It is found from Canada all the way down to Mexico, and people also brought it to Hawaii.
Most asked questions about Broad-striped lady beetle
?What does the broad-striped lady beetle eat?
Aphids and other soft insects, and some plants too.
?How big is the broad-striped lady beetle?
It is about 4.5 to 6.6 millimetres long, smaller than a pea.
?Is the broad-striped lady beetle dangerous?
No. It is a harmless ladybird.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Paranaemia vittigera
- Named by
- Mannerheim, 1843
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- North America, Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Paranaemia (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 Jonathan Eisen. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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