Adalia decempunctata
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Adalia decempunctata, the ten-spotted ladybird or ten-spotted lady beetle, is a carnivorous beetle of the family Coccinellidae.
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Ten-spotted lady beetle | |
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Adalia decempunctata. Forma typica | |
Larva of Adalia decempunctata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Coccinellidae |
Genus: | Adalia |
Species: | A. decempunctata |
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Adalia decempunctata | |
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The ten-spotted ladybird was one of the many species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his 18th-century work, Systema Naturae, its original name was Coccinella decempunctata.[2] Its specific name from the Latin decem "ten", and punctata "spotted".[3]