Sixteen-spotted lady beetle
Harmonia sedecimnotata
The sixteen-spotted lady beetle is a small ladybird in yellow and black. Its body is creamy yellow to light brown, with black dots on top. It is a little hunter that catches other tiny animals.
Lives in
Southern China, eastern India, Nepal and Southeast Asia
Length
6 to 7 mm (0.24 to 0.28 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not sting and is safe to watch.
What does it eat?
It is a hunter. It catches and eats other small creatures that live on plants.
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)
Sixteen-spotted lady beetle about 32 km/h (20 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Each of its two wing cases has eight black spots. Together that makes sixteen, just like its name says.
2
It also has two more black spots on the shield behind its head.
3
A grown-up beetle is only about 6 to 7 millimetres long, smaller than a pea.
you asked
Most asked questions about Sixteen-spotted lady beetle
?Is the sixteen-spotted lady beetle dangerous?
No. It is a harmless little ladybird.
?What does the sixteen-spotted lady beetle eat?
It is a hunter that eats other small creatures on plants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Harmonia sedecimnotata
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Harmonia sedecimnotata (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 Pudding4brains. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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