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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