Subvittate lady beetle
The subvittate lady beetle is a ladybird with a surprise: instead of spots, it has stripes. Its body is yellowish brown, and its wing covers have long dark brown stripes. It lives in the west of North America.
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Fun facts
Its stripes run along its back, so it looks quite different from a spotty ladybird.
The part behind its head is dark brown with a pale yellowish white edge.
It is about 6 to 8 millimetres long, about as long as a grain of rice.
Most asked questions about Subvittate lady beetle
?Is the subvittate lady beetle a real ladybird?
Yes. It belongs to the ladybird family, even though it has stripes instead of spots.
?Where does the subvittate lady beetle live?
In western North America, from British Columbia and Idaho down to southern California.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Myzia subvittata
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Myzia subvittata (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 Chloe and Trevor Van Loon. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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