#3197 · 🪲 beetles

Cream-spotted Ladybird

🇳🇱 Roomvleklieveheersbeestje ·Calvia quatuordecimguttata

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Perk's images · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Denis Doucet · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © yukonrifkind · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Jonas V. · CC BY 4.0
7. Breda West, Breda, Nederland:© Jurriën de Vries · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Heumensoord, Malden, Gelderland, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 9718 MR Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The cream-spot ladybird , Calvia quatuordecimguttata , is a species of ladybird in the family Coccinellidae. Its distribution is holarctic, it being found in northern Europe, northern Asia and North America. 20 in) in length and varies in appearance depending on the geographical location. It usually lives in hedgerows and deciduous trees.

base stats

NL sightings 318iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,948iNaturalist 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 318 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #35 most seen of the beetles in NL.
14,948 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).