Pointed-keeled rhyzobius
Rhyzobius litura
The pointed-keeled rhyzobius is a tiny ladybird that does not look much like one. It is long and oval instead of round, and its back is reddish or yellowish with a dark pattern. It is only about 3 millimetres long.
Lives in
Western Europe, especially Britain, and east to Bulgaria and Greece
Length
2.5 to 3.1 mm (0.1 to 0.12 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Ladybirds do not sting.
What does it eat?
Like many small ladybirds, it eats tiny plant 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 17 seconds⚡moves 2000 times its own body length every second
How big is Pointed-keeled rhyzobius compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Pointed-keeled rhyzobius about 22 km/h (14 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is only about 2.5 to 3 millimetres long.
2
It hides on trees and plants in places sheltered from wind and bad weather.
3
Further east in Europe, a close cousin takes its place.
4
Its legs and feelers are brown.
you asked
Most asked questions about Pointed-keeled rhyzobius
?Is the pointed-keeled rhyzobius a ladybird?
Yes. It is a small ladybird with a longer, oval body.
?How big is the pointed-keeled rhyzobius?
It is about 2.5 to 3 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Rhyzobius litura
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Rhyzobius litura (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 João Coelho from Ansião, Portugal. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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