Species Hippodamia tredecimpunctata - Thirteen-spotted Lady Beetle

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

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Thirteen-Spotted Lady Beetle - Hippodamia tredecimpunctata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Cucujoidea (Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles)

Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)

Subfamily Coccinellinae

Genus Hippodamia

Species tredecimpunctata (Thirteen-spotted Lady Beetle)

Numbers

One subspecies in North America: Hippodamia tredecimpunctata tibialis

Size

Length 4.50 to 6.40 mm, width 2.65 to 3.85 mm.(1)

Identification

This somewhat elongated lady beetle has 13 black spots on its elytra, although some may be fused together. It can be distinguished from the Spotted Lady Beetle (Coleomegilla maculata) by the large irregular black spots on its pronotum, in contrast to C. maculata's two separate marks (1)

Range

Newfoundland to South Carolina, west to Alaska and northern California(1)

Food

Aphids

Internet References

Nature Canada

University of Minnesota

Works Cited

1.	The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico (Journal of the New York Entomological Society) Vol. 93, No. 1 (1985) By Robert D. Gordon

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 8 November, 2005 - 1:52pm
Additional contributions by Abigail Parker
Last updated 28 October, 2009 - 9:00am

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