LeConte's giant lady beetle
Anatis lecontei
LeConte's giant lady beetle is a big ladybird from western North America. Its wing cases are yellow to brownish red. It is called giant because it is bigger than most ladybirds.
Lives in
Western North America, from Alberta and British Columbia down to California and New Mexico
Length
0.8 to 1.1 cm (0.31 to 0.41 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not sting and almost never bites.
What does it eat?
Like many ladybirds, it hunts small insects such as aphids.
How big is it?
How long is it?
🍚as long as 2 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 9.5 seconds⚡moves 1100 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)
LeConte's giant lady beetle about 40 km/h (25 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It can grow up to about 10 millimetres long, so it is bigger than the famous seven-spot ladybird.
2
The shield behind its head often has two spots near the back.
3
Its colour can be anything from yellow to a brownish red.
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Most asked questions about LeConte's giant lady beetle
?How big is LeConte's giant lady beetle?
About 8 to 10.5 millimetres long, which is big for a ladybird.
?Where does LeConte's giant lady beetle live?
In western North America, from southern Alberta and British Columbia to California and New Mexico.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Anatis lecontei
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Anatis lecontei (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 CK Kelly. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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