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Coccinella septempunctata was created in 1758.
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
Coccinella septempunctata is the scientific name for it.
Another species of ladybug is umm...hmm coccinella septempunctata.
That it is a ladybug seven spots on its upper side is a reason why Tennessee's state insect is called Coccinella septempunctata. The ladybird beetle in question serves as a state-designated insect since 1975.
Coccinellidae is the Latin name for the Ladybug which is also called a Ladybird.
No, eight-spotted ladybugs do not eat grass. The insects in question may be seven-spotted (Coccinella septempunctata) or nine-spotted (Coccinella novemnotata) ladybugs. They number among the world's carnivorous ladybugs and therefore prey upon such garden pests as aphids and scale insects.
Ethmia septempunctata was created in 1882.
Coccinella transversalis was created in 1781.
Coccinella novemnotata was created in 1793.
Coccinelline is an alkaloid that is produced by the seven-spot ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) it is likely a defence product with a bitter taste and possibly some toxicity to predators. For a synthesis and to view the structure you can find it in a paper by Adams Carruthers and Crowley in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Chemical Communications, 1991, page 1261.
Coccinella septempunctata, the official name of the ladybug, often ejaculates is feces. The color of this fecal matter is unknown to scientists, but some believe it to be the color of tree bark, their most common eaten food. I had watched a youtube video some years back in which i saw a ladybug secreting a brownish turd-like structure.