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Spotted Marsh Ladybird

🇳🇱 Gevlekt rietkapoentje ·Coccidula scutellata

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
Spotted Marsh Ladybird, photo 1 of 10
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base stats

  • NL sightings 49iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 416iNaturalist 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 49 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 416 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst in 1783 (243 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Spotted Marsh Ladybird
Nederlands
Gevlekt rietkapoentje
scientific name
Coccidula scutellata
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Coccinellidae
sightings in NL
49
sightings in Europe
384
sightings worldwide
416
GBIF records in NL
1,563
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1783 by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst

relatives· Coccinellidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 547794, Wikidata Q1766130, GBIF 5749343, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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