Flying saucer lady beetle
The flying saucer lady beetle is a big ladybird from western North America. It can be yellow or brownish red, with black markings. Its round, domed shape really does look a bit like a little flying saucer.
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It is a big ladybird, up to about 1 centimetre long.
Its colour can be anything from yellow to brownish red, always with black markings.
Its scientific name honours Simon Rathvon, an American bug scientist who lived in the 1800s.
Most asked questions about Flying saucer lady beetle
?How big is the flying saucer lady beetle?
About 7.5 to 10 millimetres long, so it is a large ladybird.
?Where does the flying saucer lady beetle live?
In western North America, from southern Alberta and British Columbia down to northern California.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Anatis rathvoni
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Rathvon lady beetle, Flying saucer ladybug
Where the facts come from
- Anatis rathvoni (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 Sandy Rae. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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