#3241 · 🪲 beetles

Variegated Lady Beetle

🇳🇱 Ruigtelieveheersbeestje ·Hippodamia variegata

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Hippodamia variegata , the Adonis ladybird , also known as the variegated ladybug (US) and spotted amber ladybeetle (Aus), is a species of ladybeetle belonging to the family Coccinellidae, subfamily Coccinellinae....

base stats

NL sightings 139iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 37,212iNaturalist 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 139 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
37,212 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1777 (249 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Variegated Lady Beetle
Nederlands: Ruigtelieveheersbeestje
scientific name: Hippodamia variegata
class: Insecta
order: Coleoptera
family: Coccinellidae
sightings in NL: 139
sightings in Europe: 14,052
sightings worldwide: 37,212
GBIF records in NL: 7,879
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1777 by Johann August Ephraim Goeze

relatives· Coccinellidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 143034, Wikidata Q1702508, GBIF 1043082, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.