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Hippodamia
Hippodamia is a genus of ladybirds in the family Coccinellidae. It includes the most common native North American "ladybug", H. convergens, which can form overwintering aggregations numbering in the millions. Another notable member is Hippodamia variegata, which occurs widely over both the North and South Hemispheres.
Members of the genus tend to share an elongated body form with red or orange elytra, and a black and white pronotum. Many species, particularly in North America, are highly variable to the extent that they cannot be separated without dissection in many cases.
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Convergent Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia convergens
Variegated Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia variegata
Thirteen-spotted Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia tredecimpunctata
Parenthesis Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia parenthesis
American Five-spotted Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia quinquesignata
Casey's Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia caseyi
Glacial Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia glacialis
Sinuate Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia sinuata
Oregon Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia oregonensis
Hippodamia apicalis
speciesHippodamia apicalis
Hippodamia septemmaculata
speciesHippodamia septemmaculata
Hippodamia koebelei
speciesHippodamia koebelei
Crescent Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia lunatomaculata
Sorrowful Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia moesta
Expurgate Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia expurgata
Hippodamia amoena
speciesHippodamia amoena
Washington's Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia washingtoni
Hippodamia arctica
speciesHippodamia arctica
Sickle-marked Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia falcigera
Scarce Convergent Ladybeetle
speciesHippodamia quindecimmaculata
American Lady Beetle
speciesHippodamia americana
Hippodamia lixianensis
speciesHippodamia lixianensis
Hippodamia heydeni
speciesHippodamia heydeni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48988.