Asian lady beetle
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Asian lady beetle pupae are often attached to leaves.
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Asian lady beetle pupae are often attached to leaves.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Asian lady beetle
- Scientific name
- Harmonia axyridis
- Japanese name
- ナミテントウ
- Group
- Insects
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Genus
- Harmonia
A ladybird native to places such as China, Japan and Korea. It is often found on deciduous trees and flowering plants.
Its wing cases vary: some are red or orange with black spots, and others are black with orange spots.
Both larvae and adults eat aphids. In winter, adults gather together to hibernate.
How the Asian lady beetle lives
It is mainly active during the day. It flies from plant to plant looking for prey. It may also eat butterfly and moth eggs.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Lifespan
- 30–90 days as an adult in the wildUniversity of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Active
- By day (diurnal)University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Diet
- Aphidsまちだエコライフ推進公社
- Range
- Hokkaido to Kyushuまちだエコライフ推進公社
Where the Asian lady beetle has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ナミテントウ
- 简体中文
- 异色瓢虫
- 繁體中文
- 異色瓢蟲
- 한국어
- 무당벌레
- Français
- Coccinelle asiatique
- Deutsch
- Asiatischer Marienkäfer
- Português (Brasil)
- Joaninha-asiática
- Italiano
- Coccinella arlecchino
- Русский
- Божья коровка-арлекин
- Türkçe
- Asya Uğurböceği
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Harmonia axyridisChecked: 2026-11-03
- まちだエコライフ推進公社 — まちだのいきものたち ナミテントウChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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