#3220 · 🪲 beetles
Eleven-spotted Ladybird Beetle
🇳🇱 Elfstippelig lieveheersbeestje ·Coccinella undecimpunctata
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Steve Kerr · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Grahame · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Grahame · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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- 5. © Théalie Dhellemmes · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. © Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. © Wa'el Almatni · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. © Antoine Thivolle · CC BY 4.0
- 9. © craigphillips · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © David Adamson · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Coccinella undecimpunctata , the eleven-spot ladybird or eleven-spotted lady beetle , is a ladybird species endemic to the Palearctic - Europe, North Africa, European Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia, the Russian Far East, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, Western Asia, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China, Pakistan, North India. Coccinella undecimpunctata has been introduced to Australia and New Zealand as a biological control agent. In Central Europe C.
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 179 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,358 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eleven-spotted Ladybird Beetle
- Nederlands
- Elfstippelig lieveheersbeestje
- scientific name
- Coccinella undecimpunctata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Coccinellidae
- sightings in NL
- 179
- sightings in Europe
- 1,188
- sightings worldwide
- 4,358
- GBIF records in NL
- 7,366
- 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 205977, Wikidata Q1328595, GBIF 4990195, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.