#3244 · 🪲 beetles
Water Ladybird
🇳🇱 Negentienstippelig lieveheersbeestje ·Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata
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what is it?
Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata is a species of beetle in family Coccinellidae. It is found in the Palearctic.
base stats
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 136 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,463 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Water Ladybird
- Nederlands
- Negentienstippelig lieveheersbeestje
- scientific name
- Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Coccinellidae
- sightings in NL
- 136
- sightings in Europe
- 1,375
- sightings worldwide
- 1,463
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,094
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Coccinellidae
#3163 📷 9Asian Lady Beetle
🇳🇱 Aziatisch lieveheersbeestje
Harmonia axyridis
👀 6.3k in NL
#3164 📷 10Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
🇳🇱 Zevenstippelig lieveheersbeestje
Coccinella septempunctata
👀 4.7k in NL
#3167 📷 7Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle
🇳🇱 Schaakbordlieveheersbeestje
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
👀 1.4k in NL
#3168 📷 822-spot Ladybird
🇳🇱 Citroenlieveheersbeestje
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
👀 1k in NL
#3175 📷 10Two-spotted Lady Beetle
🇳🇱 Tweestippelig lieveheersbeestje
Adalia bipunctata
👀 696 in NL
#3182 📷 7Pine Ladybird
🇳🇱 Viervleklieveheersbeestje
Exochomus quadripustulatus
👀 508 in NL
#3186 📷 10Orange Ladybird
🇳🇱 Meeldauwlieveheersbeestje
Halyzia sedecimguttata
👀 462 in NL
#3191 📷 1016-spot Ladybird
🇳🇱 Zestienstippelig Lieveheersbeestje
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
👀 381 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 130575, Wikidata Q1565317, GBIF 4452221, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.