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#3376 · 🪲 beetles

Striped Ladybird

🇳🇱 Gestreept lieveheersbeestje ·Myzia oblongoguttata

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
Striped Ladybird, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

Myzia oblongoguttata is a species of beetle in family Coccinellidae. It is found in the Palearctic (Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, European Russia, Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Far East, Belarus, Ukraine, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia , Mongolia, North and South Korea, Japan).

base stats

  • NL sightings 40iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,382iNaturalist 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 40 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,382 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Striped Ladybird
Nederlands
Gestreept lieveheersbeestje
scientific name
Myzia oblongoguttata
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Coccinellidae
sightings in NL
40
sightings in Europe
2,176
sightings worldwide
2,382
GBIF records in NL
2,732
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Coccinellidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 133066, Wikidata Q970279, GBIF 5749361, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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