Seven-spot ladybird
Amazing fact
This ladybird is attracted to an alarm scent released by aphids.
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This ladybird is attracted to an alarm scent released by aphids.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Seven-spot ladybird
- Scientific name
- Coccinella septempunctata
- Japanese name
- ナナホシテントウ
- Group
- Insects
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Genus
- Coccinella
A ladybird that lives on plants, shrubs and trees in meadows, farm fields, gardens and parks.
Its orange-red wing cases have black spots. The bold colors warn enemies that it is toxic.
Both larvae and adults eat aphids. When aphids are scarce, adults also eat pollen.
How the Seven-spot ladybird lives
It is mainly active by day and can fly. Adults sometimes eat the eggs or larvae of their own species. Adults gather among dense grass leaves or between boulders to spend the winter.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- 5–9 mmまちだエコライフ推進公社
- Lifespan
- 1–2 years 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
- Europe and AsiaUniversity of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
Where the Seven-spot ladybird 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
- ナナホシテントウ
- 简体中文
- 七星瓢虫
- 繁體中文
- 七星瓢蟲
- 한국어
- 칠성무당벌레
- Español
- Mariquita de siete puntos
- Français
- Coccinelle
- Deutsch
- Siebenpunkt-Marienkäfer
- Português (Brasil)
- Joaninha-de-sete-pintas
- Italiano
- Coccinella comune
- العربية
- دعسوقة ذات سبع نقاط
- Русский
- Семиточечная коровка
- Türkçe
- Yedi Noktalı Uğur Böceği
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 — Coccinella septempunctataChecked: 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 ナナホシテントウ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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