Twice-struck lady beetle
The twice-struck lady beetle is a ladybird from North America and the Caribbean. Like all ladybirds, it has a round, shiny, dome-shaped back. It looks a lot like a close cousin, so you have to look carefully at its spots.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
In the United States it has been found from Louisiana all the way to Oregon and southern California.
It looks almost like a cousin of its, but it has no spot on the line where its two wing cases meet.
Its hard wing cases protect a second pair of thin flying wings folded underneath.
Most asked questions about Twice-struck lady beetle
?Is the twice-struck lady beetle dangerous?
No. It is a small ladybird that does not sting and cannot hurt you.
?Where does the twice-struck lady beetle live?
In the Caribbean and in North America, from Louisiana to Oregon and southern California.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Axion plagiatum
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Axion plagiatum (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 Michele Jones. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
If we got something wrong, sorry, we are bug fans, not a science journal. Tell us at [email protected] and we will fix it.
Bug Wiki honey jar For grown-ups: Bug Wiki is free, with no ads and no tracking. A small tip helps keep it online.Leave a tip
Seven-spot ladybird
Harlequin ladybird
Mealybug destroyer
Twenty-two-spot ladybird
Twice-stabbed ladybird
Spotted pink ladybird
Rose chafer
June bug
Parktown prawn
Eastern yellowjacket
Green shield bug
Oleander hawk-moth