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sevenspotted lady beetle |
Photo by Frank Peairs, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
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Taxonomy |
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Animalia |
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Arthropoda |
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Hexapoda (including Insecta) |
| Order: |
Coleoptera |
| Family: |
Coccinellidae |
| Genus: |
Coccinella |
| Species: |
septempunctata |
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Scientific Name |
Coccinella septempunctata
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Introduction
Identification
Biology
As a biological control
The sevenspotted lady beetle, Coccinella septempunctata, is the lady beetle of nursery rhymes, an introduced species from Europe. It is now widely distributed in North America and a common species. It can be found in many crops, but is particularly common in gardens and field crops, rather than on trees and shrubs. The adults and larvae are voracious eaters of aphids.
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