Coccinella quinquepunctata is a species of ladybird beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Its common names in English include five-spot ladybird. The species overwinters in the pine trees of the Netherlands.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of 5-spotted Lady Beetle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Genus
- Coccinella
- Species
- Coccinella quinquepunctata
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