#3164 · 🪲 beetles

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

🇳🇱 Zevenstippelig lieveheersbeestje ·Coccinella septempunctata

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Valentin Hamon · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Casey H. Richart · CC BY 4.0
4. © Michał Górski · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Guilherme Ramos · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Alexander Viduetsky · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Tristan Scholze · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb · CC BY 4.0
9. © James Bailey · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Coccinella septempunctata , the seven-spot ladybird (or, in North America, seven-spotted ladybug or "C-7" ), is the most common ladybird in Europe. Its elytra are of a red colour, but punctuated with three black spots each, with one further spot being spread over the junction of the two, making a total of seven spots, from which the species derives both its common and scientific names (from the Latin septem = "seven" and punctus = "spot").

base stats

NL sightings 4,693iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 313,836iNaturalist 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 4,693 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #2 most seen of the beetles in NL.
313,836 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).