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title: "Variegated Lady Beetle"
description: "Hippodamia variegata — Insetti e ragni. Hippodamia variegata, the Adonis ladybird, also known as the variegated ladybug (US) and spotted amber ladybeetle (Aus), is a species of ladybeetle belonging to the family Coccinellidae, subfamily Coccinellinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/variegated-lady-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Variegated Lady Beetle

> Hippodamia variegata — Insetti e ragni. Hippodamia variegata, the Adonis ladybird, also known as the variegated ladybug (US) and spotted amber ladybeetle (Aus), is a species of ladybeetle belonging to the family Coccinellidae, subfamily Coccinellinae.

- Scientific name: *Hippodamia variegata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 35981
- Wikidata: [Q1702508](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702508)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143034](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143034)

## Names

- en: Variegated Lady Beetle
- de: Variabler Flach-Marienkäfer
- es: Mariquita de Adonis
- fr: Coccinelle des friches
- nl: Ruigtelieveheersbeestje

## Countries with the most observations

AU (6666), US (3903), CA (2938), RU (2331), ES (2153), FR (2107), IT (1725), DE (1679), ZA (1522), AR (1154), CL (863), AT (675)

## Summary

Hippodamia variegata, the Adonis ladybird, also known as the variegated ladybug (US) and spotted amber ladybeetle (Aus), is a species of ladybeetle belonging to the family Coccinellidae, subfamily Coccinellinae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippodamia_variegata

## Photo

![Variegated Lady Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/variegated-lady-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Bruce Cook · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/131502186

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/variegated-lady-beetle?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).