Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Coccinellidae (Ladybirds)
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Schwarzgefleckter Marienkäfer Fourteen-spot Ladybird
Synonyms and other combinations:
Coccinella quatuordecimpunctata Linnaeus, 1758 | Coccinella tessulata Scopoli, 1763 | Coccinella fimbriata Sulzer, 1776 | Coccinella tetragonata Laicharting, 1781 | Coccinella decempustulata Fabricius, 1792 | Coccinella dentata Thunberg, 1795 | Coccinella bissexpustulata Fabricius, 1798 | Coccinella ornata Voet, 1806 |
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
2008-05-03 11:48:55
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
2007-04-22 11:42:18
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
2005-05-16 10:31:24
DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
2005-04-30 13:21:29
DE, Chemnitz
2004-08-08 10:06:42
mating
DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
2005-05-21 11:18:43
mating
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
2012-06-06 11:41:11
mating
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
2013-05-21 16:20:09
mating
DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
2013-05-21 16:20:23
bottom view
DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
2015-07-30 17:48:13
larva
DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
2007-06-24 11:08:40
conf. Christoph Benisch
larva
DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
2012-06-24 11:29:39
with pray
GR, Korfu, Dassia
2011-08-29 10:30:11
pupa
DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
2020-07-05 17:07:19
pupa
DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
2020-07-06 12:36:41
freshly hatched
DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
2020-07-07 09:30:14
freshly hatched
DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
2020-07-07 09:31:15
freshly hatched
DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
2020-07-07 09:56:21
DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
2020-07-07 13:57:56
Further vernacular names:
Fourteen-spotted Lady BeetleClassification:
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata belongs to the subfamily Coccinellinae, tribe Coccinellini.Distribution:
Palearctic (Europe, Asia, North Africa); introduced to North America.Habitat:
The Fourteen-spot Ladybird Propylea quatuordecimpunctata is an ubiquist. The common species can be found in different habitats on meadows and fields, in the herb layer, on bushes and trees from the lowlands to the subalpine zone.Description:
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata has a body length of 3,5 - 4,5 mm. Pronotum and elytra are variable yellow and black patterned. There are beetles with predominantly yellow coloured elytra with black midline and almost rectangular black spots, predominantly black specimens with yellow spots on the elytra and all possible intermediate forms. The elytra are significantly denser and more strongly punctured than the pronotum.Biology:
Both the imagines and the larvae of Propylea quatuordecimpunctata feed mainly on aphids. The diet also includes larvae and eggs of some beetles and lepidopterans.The species hibernates as adult beetle.
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
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