Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Coccinellidae (Ladybirds)
Adalia (Adalia) decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Coccinella decempunctata Linnaeus, 1758 | Coccinella decempustulata Linnaeus, 1758 | Coccinella guttatopunctata Linnaeus, 1758 | Coccinella bimaculata Pontoppidan, 1763 | Coccinella quadripunctata Linnaeus, 1767 | Coccinella sexpunctata Linnaeus, 1767 | Coccinella tredecimmaculata Forster, 1771 | Coccinella octopunctata Fabricius, 1775 | Coccinella pantherina DeGeer, 1775 | Coccinella didyma O.F. Müller, 1776 | Coccinella austriaca Schrank, 1777 | Coccinella flava Goeze, 1777 | Coccinella variabilis Fabricius, 1777 | Coccinella subpunctata Schrank, 1781 | Coccinella bipustulata Herbst, 1783 | Coccinella humeralis Schaller, 1783 | Coccinella marginata Thunberg, 1784 | Coccinella tredecimnotata Thunberg, 1784 | Coccinella bimaculosa Herbst, 1786 | Coccinella biguttata Fabricius, 1787 | Coccinella limbata Gmelin, 1790 | Coccinella lunigera Brahm, 1790 | Coccinella mutabilis Gmelin, 1790 | Coccinella thunbergi Gmelin, 1790 | Coccinella ulmi Olivier, 1791 | Coccinella unifasciata Scriba, 1791 | Coccinella varians Olivier, 1791 | Coccinella lutea Rossi, 1794 | Coccinella marginella Thunberg, 1795 | Coccinella sexmaculata Thunberg, 1795 | Coccinella similata Thunberg, 1795 | Coccinella tricuspis Thunberg, 1795 | Coccinella lunularis Marsham, 1802 | Coccinella marginepunctata Marsham, 1802 | Coccinella curvipustulata Haworth, 1812 | Coccinella lunaepustulata Haworth, 1812 | Coccinella clathrata Schaufuss, 1862 |
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata
DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2005-06-11 12:51:25
Image number: 2761
DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
2005-06-11 12:51:25
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata
DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2005-06-11 12:51:41
Image number: 2762
DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
2005-06-11 12:51:41
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata, det. Christoph Benisch
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2005-05-16 13:45:21
Image number: 2980
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
2005-05-16 13:45:21
det. Christoph Benisch
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2016-05-20 15:37:26
Image number: 7289
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2016-05-20 15:37:26
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2016-05-20 14:21:06
Image number: 7290
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2016-05-20 14:21:06
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2017-05-03 15:38:03
Image number: 7662
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
2017-05-03 15:38:03
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2017-05-03 15:30:32
Image number: 7661
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
2017-05-03 15:30:32
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2017-05-03 15:30:04
Image number: 7663
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
2017-05-03 15:30:04
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2013-09-28 10:46:30
Image number: 2733
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
2013-09-28 10:46:30
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2013-09-28 10:44:08
Image number: 6437
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
2013-09-28 10:44:08
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2015-07-30 17:29:18
Image number: 7084
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2015-07-30 17:29:18
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2018-08-16 10:36:28
Image number: 8453
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
2018-08-16 10:36:28
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata, conf. Lennart
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2013-08-29 14:37:37
Image number: 6336
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2013-08-29 14:37:37
conf. Lennart
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata, larva
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2015-07-08 19:08:29
Image number: 7055
larva
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
2015-07-08 19:08:29
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata, larva, conf. Gernot (GM)
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2015-07-08 19:11:49
Image number: 7056
larva
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
2015-07-08 19:11:49
conf. Gernot (GM)
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata, pupa
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2015-07-11 17:18:33
Image number: 7057
pupa
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
2015-07-11 17:18:33
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata, pupa
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2015-07-14 15:57:09
Image number: 7059
pupa
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
2015-07-14 15:57:09
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata, pupa
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2015-07-14 15:59:55
Image number: 7060
pupa
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
2015-07-14 15:59:55
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata, freshly hatched
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2015-07-16 10:41:16
Image number: 7061
freshly hatched
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
2015-07-16 10:41:16
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata, freshly hatched
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2015-07-16 10:43:12
Image number: 7062
freshly hatched
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
2015-07-16 10:43:12
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Zehnpunkt-Marienkäfer Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata, bottom view
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2015-07-16 12:49:54
Image number: 7063
bottom view
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
2015-07-16 12:49:54
Further vernacular names:
Ten-spotted Lady Beetle
Classification:
Adalia decempunctata belongs to the subfamily Coccinellinae, tribe Coccinellini.
Distribution:
Europe, Asia, North Africa.
Habitat:
On deciduous trees and meadows.
Description:
The Ten-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata has a body length of 3.5 - 5 mm. The legs are yellow-brown. The coloration of the pronotum varies between predominantly white with 5 darker spots and almost black with narrow white side edges. Also the elytra are very variably coloured and marked. Here some colour forms are shown.
Other rarely recognizable features in photos: Prothorax arched, without keel lines; epimera of the mesothorax yellowish-white; elytra usually with a transverse fold before the tip; claws long, with a clear tooth.
Biology:
Ten-spot Ladybirds can be found on deciduous trees, shrubs, herbs and grasses from April to October. Both the adults and the larvae live predatory and feed on aphids.
The beetles hibernate as imagines in the litter.
Note:
The photos from July 2015 show a larva of
Adalia decempunctata in the last larval stage, the same animal after pupation and the newly hatched beetle after completion of pupal stage. The yellowish appearing beetle is not yet completely coloured.
References, further reading, links:
- de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
- Christoph Benisch: Färbungsvariabilität bei den Coccinellidae
- Harde, Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & KG, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-440-07682-2.
- Arved Lompe: Die Käfer Europas - Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
