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Chilomenes [ or Cheilomenes] sexmaculata is the Latin or scientific name of the 'six spotted ladybug'.
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There are several States that have a ladybug as the official state insect.Delaware: 7 spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)Massachusetts: 7 spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)New Hampshire: 7 spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)New York : 9 spotted ladybug (Coccinella novemnotata)Ohio : 7 spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)Pennsylvania: 7 spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)Tennessee: 7 spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)All the above states claim the ladybug in one form as a state insect.For a complete list of all the State insects: See Related links
The scientific name for a ladybug (or ladybird as it is called in most countries) in general is Coccinellidae.Individual species may have a specific scientific name. For example, vibidia duodecimguttata, is the scientific name for a twelve-spotted ladybug.
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Coccinella septempunctata is the scientific name for it.
The two spotted ladybird beetle [Adalia bipunctata] is an example of a ladybug. It's the national insect of Latvia. It's second to the seven spotted ladybug [Coccinella septempunctata] in terms of Europe's most common ladybird beetles. Its upper body tends to show two black spots against a red background. But the reverse also may be found.
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In the book James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, the ladybug is a "nine-spotted ladybug".
Yes, it is possible to find a sixteen-spotted ladybug. Specifically, the scientific name is Halyzia sedecimguttata. The common name is the orange ladybird. The scientific name pays tribute to the beetle's 16 creamy white spots while the common name honors this ladybug's orange color.
That the ladybug (Coccinellidae family) is of the same color of red as the cloak of Our Lady Mother of Jesus of Nazareth (7-2 B.C. - 30-36) and that its seven spotssymbolize Mary's seven joys and seven sorrows in life is one explanation for the name.Specifically, the beetle in question is the seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata). Not all ladybugs are red in color. Not all ladybugs are limited to just seven spots.