Dot ladybird
The dot ladybird is one of the tiniest ladybirds of all, smaller than a sesame seed. It is all black, with brownish-yellow legs and feelers. It hunts spider mites, tiny pests that suck the juice out of plant leaves.
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Fun facts
It is only about 1.1 to 1.5 millimetres long, about as big as a full stop on a page.
Its other names, lesser mite destroyer and spider mite destroyer, tell you what it is best at.
It lives in a huge area, from Japan and Korea across Asia and Europe to North Africa and North America.
Most asked questions about Dot ladybird
?What does the dot ladybird eat?
Spider mites, tiny eight-legged pests that suck juice from plant leaves.
?How big is the dot ladybird?
Only about 1.1 to 1.5 millimetres long, one of the smallest ladybirds.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Stethorus pusillus
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, Africa, North America
- Also known as
- Lesser mite destroyer, Spider mite destroyer
Where the facts come from
- Stethorus pusillus (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 Udo Schmidt from Deutschland. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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