Ten-spotted spurleg
Brachiacantha decempustulata
The ten-spotted spurleg is a tiny ladybird from eastern North America. It has an oval body with small spots on its wing cases. It is so small that you could easily miss it.
Lives in
Eastern North America, from Nova Scotia down to Florida and west to Wisconsin and Louisiana
Length
2 to 2.5 mm (0.08 to 0.1 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot hurt you.
What does it eat?
Like most ladybirds, it hunts tiny bugs that suck juice from plants.
How big is it?
How long is it?
🍚2.5 of them in a row are as long as one grain of rice⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 20 seconds⚡moves 2100 times its own body length every second
How big is Ten-spotted spurleg compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Ten-spotted spurleg about 19 km/h (12 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 2 to 2.5 millimetres long, about as big as a pinhead.
2
It looks a lot like a close cousin, but its body is more oval and its spots are smaller.
3
It has also been found as far west as North Dakota.
you asked
Most asked questions about Ten-spotted spurleg
?Is the ten-spotted spurleg dangerous?
No. It is a tiny, harmless ladybird.
?How big is the ten-spotted spurleg?
Only 2 to 2.5 millimetres long, about the size of a pinhead.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Brachiacantha decempustulata
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Brachiacantha decempustulata (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 Even Dankowicz. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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