Casey's lady beetle
Hippodamia caseyi
Casey's lady beetle is a small ladybird from western North America. It is about the size of a grain of rice. Some have pale spots on the shield behind their head.
Lives in
Western North America, from British Columbia to California, Colorado and Utah
Length
4.8 to 6.7 mm (0.19 to 0.26 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a gentle little beetle.
What does it eat?
Like its ladybird cousins, it hunts small soft bugs such as aphids.
How big is it?
How long is it?
💅small enough to sit on your fingernail⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 12 seconds⚡moves 1300 times its own body length every second
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How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
Casey's lady beetle about 32 km/h (20 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It has been found in eight states and provinces, from British Columbia in Canada down to California.
2
The shield behind its head sometimes has pale spots, and sometimes it does not.
3
It belongs to the big ladybird family, which has thousands of kinds around the world.
you asked
Most asked questions about Casey's lady beetle
?Is Casey's lady beetle a ladybird?
Yes. It belongs to the ladybird family.
?How big is Casey's lady beetle?
It is about 5 to 7 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Hippodamia caseyi
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Hippodamia caseyi (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 Thompson Hyggen. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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