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10-spot Ladybird

Adalia decempunctata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,177, February 1,608, March 2,519, April 3,963, May 5,714, June 6,231, July 6,668, August 5,734, September 4,210, October 3,142, November 1,717, December 1,342.
United States45,026
Alaska45,026
United Kingdom3,615
England2,946
Germany1,309
France1,108
Austria595
Scotland540
Spain441
Denmark381

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
GenusAdalia

Sources

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Practise 10-spot Ladybird with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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