Convergent Lady Beetle
Hippodamia convergens
Insecta
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Up to 1 yr
- Size
- Tiny
- Diet
- Insectivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate grassland
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Warning Colors
- Status
- Common
About
The convergent lady beetle is one of North America's most widespread ladybugs, named for the two converging white lines on its black pronotum. Each autumn, millions gather in mountain crevices in massive dormant clusters — sometimes tons of beetles in a single site — then scatter across farmland in spring to devour aphid colonies.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
- 2.juvenileAn immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
- 3.subadultA near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
- 4.adultFully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Genus
- Hippodamia
- Species
- Hippodamia convergens