24-spot Ladybird
Appearance
Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata 24-spot Ladybird | |
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Species: | S. vigintiquatuorpunctata
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Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata | |
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Coccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata |
The 24-spot Ladybird (Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata) is a beetle in the Coccinellidae (ladybird) family. It is the only member of the Subcoccinella genus. It has the typical, almost semi-spherical, ladybird shape and is patterned with spots. However it differs from many of the well-known ladybirds in being neither smooth and shiny nor an eater of aphids: the wing-cases look velvety and it eats plants.