Eighteen-spotted ladybird

Eighteen-spotted ladybird
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Myrrha
Species:	M. octodecimguttata
Binomial name
	Myrrha octodecimguttata; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
	M. o. octodecimguttata (Linnaeus, 1758); M. o. formosa (Costa, 1849);

The eighteen-spotted ladybird (Myrrha octodecimguttata), or 18-spot ladybird, is a species of beetle in the genus Myrrha in the ladybird family that lives primarily in pine forests and willow trees^{[citation needed]} in Europe. It is usually 4 to 5 millimetres (0.16 to 0.20 in) in length.^[1]^[2]

The eighteen-spotted ladybird is most common throughout the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands and southern Scandinavia, but their range extends throughout central Europe.

References

^ "Ladybirds of the UK" (PDF). Ladybird-Survey.org. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
^ "Ladybirds". Eakringbirds.com.

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[1] "Ladybirds of the UK" (PDF). Ladybird-Survey.org. Retrieved June 8, 2011.

[2] "Ladybirds". Eakringbirds.com.

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