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Poplar Ladybird Beetle
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Poplar Ladybird Beetle

Oenopia conglobata

Oenopia conglobata is a species of Ladybird (Coccinellidae) native to continental Europe, Asia and Africa. Its colloquial names in Germany are 'Poplar Ladybird' and Kugelige ('Spherical', or perhaps 'Bullet') Ladybird.

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Description

The adult beetles are 3.5 to 5 mm long and have oval, slightly curved bodies. The elytra are light pink (more rarely red to pale yellow) with a black streak on the inner edges of the elytra, bearing eight square black spots varying in size and sometimes flowing into each other. There are also completely black specimens. The pronotum is light beige and bears seven black, symmetrically arranged spots. The head is black and white. The antennae are yellow, but slightly darker coloured at the end; the legs are yellow brown.

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What it does

Like most types of ladybirds, the adults and larvae of Oenopia conglobata eat aphids.

Wikipedia: “Diet”

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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 56731.