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Cream-streaked Ladybird

🇳🇱 Harlekijnlieveheersbeestje ·Harmonia quadripunctata

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
Cream-streaked Ladybird, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Gustavo Masuzzo · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Harmonia quadripunctata (the cream-streaked lady beetle or four-spot ladybird ) is a species of ladybird belonging to the family Coccinellidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 75iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 5,615iNaturalist 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 75 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 5,615 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Erik Pontoppidan in 1763 (263 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Cream-streaked Ladybird
Nederlands
Harlekijnlieveheersbeestje
scientific name
Harmonia quadripunctata
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Coccinellidae
sightings in NL
75
sightings in Europe
4,642
sightings worldwide
5,615
GBIF records in NL
5,109
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1763 by Erik Pontoppidan

relatives· Coccinellidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 131091, Wikidata Q1433805, GBIF 1043118, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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