Ursine spurleg
Brachiacantha ursina
The ursine spurleg is a tiny black ladybird with yellow spots. It is even smaller than a grain of rice. Each of its shiny wing cases has five yellow spots.
Lives in
Eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to South Carolina and west to Manitoba and Iowa
Length
3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is far too small to hurt you.
What does it eat?
Like many ladybirds, it is a little hunter of tiny soft insects.
How big is it?
How long is it?
💅small enough to sit on your fingernail⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 16 seconds⚡moves 1700 times its own body length every second
How big is Ursine spurleg compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Ursine spurleg about 24 km/h (15 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 3 to 4 millimetres long, so you need sharp eyes to spot it.
2
The male has a black shield behind his head with a yellow front edge.
3
Some people call it the orange-spotted lady beetle.
you asked
Most asked questions about Ursine spurleg
?How big is the ursine spurleg?
Tiny, only about 3 to 4 millimetres long.
?Where does the ursine spurleg live?
In eastern North America, from Canada down to South Carolina.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Brachiacantha ursina
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Ursine spurleg lady beetle, Orange-spotted lady beetle
Where the facts come from
- Brachiacantha ursina (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 Smidon33. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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