#3409 · 🪲 beetles
24-spot Ladybird
🇳🇱 24-stippelig Lieveheersbeestje ·Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata
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what is it?
Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata (the 24-spot ladybird ) is a beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is the only member of the genus Subcoccinella . It has the typical, almost semi-spherical, ladybird shape and is patterned with spots. However it differs from many of the well-known ladybirds in being neither smooth and shiny nor an eater of aphids: the wing-cases look velvety and it eats fungal moulds on plants.
base stats
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 32 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,022 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- 24-spot Ladybird
- Nederlands
- 24-stippelig Lieveheersbeestje
- scientific name
- Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Coccinellidae
- sightings in NL
- 32
- sightings in Europe
- 5,563
- sightings worldwide
- 6,022
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,126
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Coccinellidae
#3163 📷 9Asian Lady Beetle
🇳🇱 Aziatisch lieveheersbeestje
Harmonia axyridis
👀 6.3k in NL
#3164 📷 10Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
🇳🇱 Zevenstippelig lieveheersbeestje
Coccinella septempunctata
👀 4.7k in NL
#3167 📷 7Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle
🇳🇱 Schaakbordlieveheersbeestje
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
👀 1.4k in NL
#3168 📷 822-spot Ladybird
🇳🇱 Citroenlieveheersbeestje
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
👀 1k in NL
#3175 📷 10Two-spotted Lady Beetle
🇳🇱 Tweestippelig lieveheersbeestje
Adalia bipunctata
👀 696 in NL
#3182 📷 7Pine Ladybird
🇳🇱 Viervleklieveheersbeestje
Exochomus quadripustulatus
👀 508 in NL
#3186 📷 10Orange Ladybird
🇳🇱 Meeldauwlieveheersbeestje
Halyzia sedecimguttata
👀 462 in NL
#3191 📷 1016-spot Ladybird
🇳🇱 Zestienstippelig Lieveheersbeestje
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
👀 381 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 61937, Wikidata Q1886568, GBIF 1043318, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.