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common
Seven-spot Ladybug
Coccinella septempunctata
- Habitat
- Across Europe & introduced worldwide, in gardens & meadows
- Body length
- 8 mm
- Order
- Coleoptera · Coccinellidae
Weird but real
When threatened, it 'bleeds' a yellow toxic fluid from its leg joints that tastes terrible to predators.
Why it's cool
The platonic ideal ladybug. A single one eats up to 5,000 aphids in its lifetime. Farmer's best friend.
