AnimalsThe seven-spot ladybird is a small red beetle with seven black spots. Its bright colour warns birds that it tastes bad. Both adults and larvae eat large numbers of aphids, so gardeners and farmers welcome them.
Quick facts
- Scientific name
- Coccinella septempunctata
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Diet
- Carnivore (eats other animals)
- Lives in
- Europe and Asia
- Habitat
- Gardens, fields and hedges
- A young one is called
- larva
- A group is called
- loveliness
- Conservation status
- No category in our data
How it is classified
Scientists sort living things into groups within groups. Reading down, each step is a smaller group, ending with the species itself.
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Arthropoda
- Class Insecta
- Order Coleoptera
- Family Coccinellidae
- Genus Coccinella
- Species Coccinella septempunctata
Classification follows the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Other reference works arrange some groups differently. How classification works.
Is it in danger?
No Red List category for the seven-spot ladybird was found in our data source. What the categories mean.