#3361 · 🪲 beetles

5-spotted Lady Beetle

🇳🇱 Vijfstippelig Lieveheersbeestje ·Coccinella quinquepunctata

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © U. Wilkens · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Katja · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Julien Preud'homme · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © lizard--o_o · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Haarle, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 7037 Beek Gem Montferland, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 6665 Driel, Netherlands:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. Eschmarke, Enschede, Nederland:© Bas van Hulst-Kuiper · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Coccinella quinquepunctata is a species of ladybird beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Its common names in English include five-spot ladybird . The species overwinters in the pine trees of the Netherlands.

base stats

NL sightings 44iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,695iNaturalist 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).