Ladybird
description: Ladybird", "Ladybug", and "Lady beetle" redirect here. For other uses, see Ladybird (disambiguation).
Lady beetle
Coccinella magnifica01.jpg
Coccinella magnifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Coccinellidae
Latreille, 1807 [1]
Subfamilies [1]
Chilocorinae Mulsant, 1846
Coccidulinae Mulsant, 1846
Coccinellinae Latreille, 1807
Epilachninae Mulsant, 1846
Hyperaspidinae Duverger, 1989
Microweiseinae Leng, 1920[2]
Scymninae Mulsant, 1846
Sticholotidinae Weise, 1901
Coccinellidae (/ˌkɒksɪˈnɛlɪdiː/)[3] is a widespread family of small beetles ranging from 0.8 to 18 mm (0.03 to 0.71 inches).[4]
They are commonly yellow, orange, or red with small black spots on their wing covers, with black legs, heads and antennae. However such colour patterns vary greatly. For example, a minority of species, such as Vibidia duodecimguttata, a twelve-spotted species, have whitish spots on a brown background. Coccinellids are found worldwide, with over 6,000 species
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