Loew's lady beetle
Scymnus loewii
Loew's lady beetle is a tiny reddish-brown ladybird, only about 2 millimetres long. It has a black spot behind its head that reaches down onto its wing cases. It belongs to the dusky lady beetles, small ladybirds covered in fine hairs.
Lives in
North America, Central America and islands in the Pacific
Length
1.7 to 2.3 mm (0.07 to 0.09 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting people.
What does it eat?
Like other dusky lady beetles, it eats tiny soft insects such as aphids.
How big is it?
How long is it?
🍚2.5 of them in a row are as long as one grain of rice⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 20 seconds⚡moves 2300 times its own body length every second
How big is Loew's lady beetle compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Loew's lady beetle about 19 km/h (12 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 so tiny that it is very easy to miss.
2
It lives in North America, Central America and even in Oceania.
3
Its whole body is reddish brown except for the black spot on its front.
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Most asked questions about Loew's lady beetle
?How big is Loew's lady beetle?
Only about 1.7 to 2.3 millimetres long.
?What does Loew's lady beetle eat?
Tiny soft insects such as aphids, like other dusky lady beetles.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Scymnus loewii
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- North America, Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Scymnus loewii (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 S.E. Thorpe. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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