#3167 · 🪲 beetles

Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle

🇳🇱 Schaakbordlieveheersbeestje ·Propylea quatuordecimpunctata

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
3. © Paweł Pieluszyński · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Pascal Dubois · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Misia Clive · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Julien Preud'homme · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Kevin · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The 14-spotted Ladybird ( Propylea quatuordecimpunctata ) is a small lady beetle, belonging to the family Coccinellidae. It is sometimes referred to by the common name 14-spotted ladybird beetle , or simply P-14 .

base stats

NL sightings 1,375iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 52,697iNaturalist 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 1,375 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #5 most seen of the beetles in NL.
52,697 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).