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#3203 · 🪲 beetles

10-spot Ladybird

🇳🇱 Tienstippelig lieveheersbeestje ·Adalia decempunctata

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
10-spot Ladybird, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Calle Söderberg · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Adalia decempunctata , commonly known as the ten-spotted ladybird or ten-spotted lady beetle , is a carnivorous beetle of the family Coccinellidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 274iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 14,600iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 274 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #41 most seen of the beetles in NL.
  • 14,600 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
10-spot Ladybird
Nederlands
Tienstippelig lieveheersbeestje
scientific name
Adalia decempunctata
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Coccinellidae
sightings in NL
274
sightings in Europe
13,683
sightings worldwide
14,600
GBIF records in NL
15,665
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Coccinellidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 130414, Wikidata Q184641, GBIF 4452227, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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