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#3261 · 🪲 beetles

Thirteen-spotted Lady Beetle

🇳🇱 Dertienstippelig lieveheersbeestje ·Hippodamia tredecimpunctata

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Thirteen-spotted Lady Beetle, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Paul G. Johnson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Hippodamia tredecimpunctata , commonly known as the thirteen-spot ladybeetle, is a species of lady beetle.

base stats

  • NL sightings 105iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 4,614iNaturalist 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 105 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 4,614 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Thirteen-spotted Lady Beetle
Nederlands
Dertienstippelig lieveheersbeestje
scientific name
Hippodamia tredecimpunctata
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Coccinellidae
sightings in NL
105
sightings in Europe
1,855
sightings worldwide
4,614
GBIF records in NL
5,131
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Coccinellidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 221381, Wikidata Q1258267, GBIF 1043066, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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