Turtle vein lady beetle
Propylea japonica
The turtle vein lady beetle is a small ladybird from East Asia. Instead of red, it is creamy yellow to yellow. It has a pattern of black marks on its back and on the shield behind its head.
Lives in
East Asia: China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Laos, and maybe north-eastern India
Length
3 to 4.7 mm (0.12 to 0.19 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot hurt you.
What does it eat?
It hunts aphids, the tiny bugs that suck juice from plants.
How big is it?
How long is it?
💅small enough to sit on your fingernail⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 14 seconds⚡moves 1600 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)
Turtle vein lady beetle about 27 km/h (17 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is only 3 to 4.7 millimetres long, smaller than a grain of rice.
2
It eats many different kinds of aphids, which makes it a friend of gardeners.
3
Its scientific name, japonica, means from Japan, one of the countries where it lives.
you asked
Most asked questions about Turtle vein lady beetle
?What does the turtle vein lady beetle eat?
It eats aphids, tiny bugs that suck juice from plants.
?What colour is the turtle vein lady beetle?
Creamy yellow to yellow, with black markings.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Propylea japonica
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Propylea japonica (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 Alpsdake. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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