14-spotted Ladybird

Description:

The beetles are 3.5 to 4.5 millimeters long and have an uncommon variety of forms. There are well over 100 different color and pattern variations. Some differ to the extent that they are first considered separate species.

Habitat:

Suburban area meadowland

Notes:

The background color ranges from cream through yellow to light orange, but not red. Usually they have 14 black, almost rectangular spots on the elytra, but only rarely there are 14 separate spots. Most commonly, several of the spots fuse into larger markings, particularly along the midline, where they often create a shape resembling an anchor. And by the way :) There is no difference between ladybugs and ladybird beetles. Ladybug is the simple English way to say ladybird beetle.