Spotted pink ladybird
The spotted pink ladybird is a ladybird that is pink instead of red. It is a bit longer and flatter than most ladybirds. Each wing cover has six black spots, so it has twelve spots in all.
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Fun facts
Its babies are dark and look like tiny alligators.
A mother can lay 200 to 1000 eggs in little groups standing upright on leaves and stems.
A hungry baby can walk as far as 12 metres looking for food. That is a long way for such a little bug.
It loves dandelion flowers because they are full of pollen.
In autumn lots of them crowd together under leaves and stones to sleep through the winter.
Most asked questions about Spotted pink ladybird
?What does the spotted pink ladybird eat?
Aphids, mites, insect eggs and pollen. Pollen can be half of its food.
?Is the spotted pink ladybird good for gardens?
Yes. It eats aphids and other pests, and farmers even use it to protect crops.
?Why is this ladybird pink?
That is just its natural colour. In one area its cousins are bright orange or red instead.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Coleomegilla maculata
- Named by
- De Geer, 1775
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
- Also known as
- Spotted lady beetle, Pink spotted lady beetle, Twelve-spotted lady beetle
Where the facts come from
- Coleomegilla maculata (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 Kaldari. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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