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Pine Ladybird

Exochomus quadripustulatus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,776, February 1,311, March 2,055, April 3,232, May 4,661, June 5,082, July 5,438, August 4,677, September 3,434, October 2,563, November 1,400, December 1,095.
United States36,965
Alaska36,723
Germany1,361
United Kingdom1,283
England1,115
Austria834
France795
Netherlands412
Wien289
Belgium286

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLady Beetles · Coccinellidae
GenusExochomus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Pine Ladybird with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.