Orange ladybird
The orange ladybird is a bright orange ladybird with up to sixteen big creamy white spots. The edges of its wing cases are a little see-through. Instead of hunting bugs like most ladybirds, it eats mildew, a fuzzy white mould on leaves.
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Fun facts
It has eight cream spots on each wing case.
It used to be rare in Britain and Ireland, but now it is common in many places there.
In winter it hides under tree bark or in fallen leaves on the forest floor.
You can see it from April to October, especially on oaks, limes, maples and ash trees.
Most asked questions about Orange ladybird
?What does the orange ladybird eat?
Mostly mildew, the white mould on leaves, and sometimes small aphids.
?How many spots does the orange ladybird have?
Usually sixteen creamy white spots, eight on each wing case.
?Is the orange ladybird harmful?
No, it is harmless and even cleans mildew off leaves.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Halyzia sedecimguttata
- Group
- Ladybirds
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Coccinellidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Halyzia sedecimguttata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Olei. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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