Nineteen-point ladybug
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Nineteen-spotted ladybird ( Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata ) |
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The nineteen-spotted ladybird or pond ladybird ( Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata ) is a beetle from the ladybird family (Coccinellidae).
description
The beetles are three to four millimeters long, their bodies are elongated and relatively weakly arched. They have yellow, orange to reddish or pinkish wings that have 19 black points. Also on the beige to yellow pronotum six black spots that can be connected by runners with one another find. The variability is less than that of other species. There are seldom stain connections or a lack of stain. The legs are yellow, the toes and claws are slightly darker in color. The wings are dotted and finely chagrined in between . The claws are imperforate.
Occurrence
The beetles are common in Central Europe , especially in swamp areas . They sit on marsh and aquatic plants such as reeds ( Phragmatides spec. ), Sedges ( Carex spec. ), Windrows ( Glyceria spec. ) And occasionally also on willows ( Salix spec. ) And hunt aphids there .
distribution
The species is distributed in Eurasia , north to southern Norway , central Sweden and Finland . In England and Ireland, however , the nineteen-spotted ladybird is only found locally.
literature
- Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al .: Beetles of Central and Northwestern Europe. Parey, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1 .
- Volker Nötzold: Ladybird, identification key. German Youth Association for Nature Observations 1997, ISBN 3-923-37620-0
