#3352 · 🪲 beetles

18-spot Ladybird

🇳🇱 Achttienstippelig Lieveheersbeestje ·Myrrha octodecimguttata

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © André MIQUET · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. Amsterdam-Noord, Amsterdam, Netherlands:© Stan van Remmerden · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Vrachelseheide, Oosterhout, North Brabant, NL:© En We · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Heilig Landstichting, Netherlands:© altmegatron · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Scheveningen, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
7. Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
9. Rozendaal, Nederland:© Lionne van Drunen · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 2211 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The eighteen-spotted ladybird ( Myrrha octodecimguttata ), or 18-spot ladybird , is a species of beetle in the genus Myrrha in the ladybird family that lives primarily in pine forests and mixed (deciduous/conifer) forests inhabiting the upper part of the canopy and feeding on aphids. They favour old pines and breed in the crowns of pine trees in Germany M.

base stats

NL sightings 46iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,677iNaturalist 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).