Bigeminate sigil lady beetle
The bigeminate sigil lady beetle is a tiny ladybird from North America, only about 3 millimetres long. It is dark with a yellow or red spot near the tip of each wing case. You can tell boys from girls by the colour behind the head.
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Fun facts
It is smaller than a grain of rice.
In males, the shield behind the head has a yellow front edge. In females, that edge is black.
Each wing case has just one yellow or red spot at its tip.
Most asked questions about Bigeminate sigil lady beetle
?How big is the bigeminate sigil lady beetle?
Only about 2.4 to 3.4 millimetres long, smaller than a grain of rice.
?Where does the bigeminate sigil lady beetle live?
In eastern North America, from Maine down to Florida and west to Michigan and Texas.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Hyperaspis bigeminata
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Bigeminy lady beetle
Where the facts come from
- Hyperaspis bigeminata (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 cesar stastny. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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