Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
Coccinella septempunctata, the
seven-spot ladybird (or, in North America,
seven-spotted ladybug or
"C-7" ), is the most common ladybird in Europe. Its elytra are of a red colour, but punctuated with three black spots each, with one further spot being spread over the junction of the two, making a total of seven spots, from which the species derives both its common and scientific names (from the Latin
septem = "seven" and
punctata = "spotted").
A larva of
C. septempunctata
C. septempunctata has a broad ecological range, living almost anywhere there are aphids for it to eat. Both the adults and the larvae are voracious predators of aphids, and because of this,
C. septempunctata has been repeatedly introduced to North...
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