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title: "Tweestippelig lieveheersbeestje"
description: "Adalia bipunctata — Insecten en spinnen. Adalia bipunctata, the two-spot ladybird, two-spotted ladybug or two-spotted lady beetle, is a carnivorous beetle of the family Coccinellidae that is found throughout the holarctic region."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/two-spotted-lady-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Tweestippelig lieveheersbeestje

> Adalia bipunctata — Insecten en spinnen. Adalia bipunctata, the two-spot ladybird, two-spotted ladybug or two-spotted lady beetle, is a carnivorous beetle of the family Coccinellidae that is found throughout the holarctic region.

- Scientific name: *Adalia bipunctata*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 32643
- Wikidata: [Q233024](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233024)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52506](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52506)

## Names

- en: Two-spotted Lady Beetle
- de: Zweipunkt-Marienkäfer
- es: Mariquita de dos puntos
- fr: Coccinelle à deux points
- nl: Tweestippelig lieveheersbeestje
- pl: Biedronka dwukropka

## Countries with the most observations

GB (6367), RU (5544), CA (3266), US (3108), DE (1590), FR (1196), NZ (1151), FI (1074), NL (691), IT (671), ES (663), DK (572)

## Summary

Adalia bipunctata, the two-spot ladybird, two-spotted ladybug or two-spotted lady beetle, is a carnivorous beetle of the family Coccinellidae that is found throughout the holarctic region. It is very common in western and central Europe. It is also native to North America but it has heavily declined in many states and provinces. It is commonly introduced and imported as a biological control agent.

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

## Photo

![Tweestippelig lieveheersbeestje](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/two-spotted-lady-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mardon Erbland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7296395

## Machine access

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