#3186 · 🪲 beetles

Orange Ladybird

🇳🇱 Meeldauwlieveheersbeestje ·Halyzia sedecimguttata

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © bugzone · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Kim Falck · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Pedro Antonio Lázaro Molinero · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © ttso · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Jean-Michel BERNARD · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Jarro Nevsbaru · CC BY 4.0
9. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. © Stuart Fisher · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Halyzia sedecimguttata , or orange ladybird , is a species of Coccinellidae, also known as ladybird.

base stats

NL sightings 462iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,129iNaturalist 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 462 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #24 most seen of the beetles in NL.
16,129 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).