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title: "Asian Lady Beetle"
description: "Harmonia axyridis — Owady i pająki. Harmonia axyridis is a lady beetle or ladybird species that is most commonly known as the harlequin, Asian, or multicoloured Asian lady beetle."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/asian-lady-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Asian Lady Beetle

> Harmonia axyridis — Owady i pająki. Harmonia axyridis is a lady beetle or ladybird species that is most commonly known as the harlequin, Asian, or multicoloured Asian lady beetle.

- Scientific name: *Harmonia axyridis*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 571223
- Wikidata: [Q499627](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q499627)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48484](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48484)

## Names

- en: Asian Lady Beetle
- de: Asiatischer Marienkäfer
- es: Catarina asiática
- fr: Coccinelle asiatique
- nl: Veelkleurig Aziatisch lieveheersbeestje
- pt: Joaninha-asiática

## Countries with the most observations

US (264377), GB (56190), CA (48689), DE (35042), FR (19513), AT (11773), RU (10131), IT (9314), AR (8801), BR (7190), MX (6697), PL (6656)

## Summary

Harmonia axyridis is a lady beetle or ladybird species that is most commonly known as the harlequin, Asian, or multicoloured Asian lady beetle. This is one of the most variable lady beetle species in the world, with an exceptionally wide range of colour forms. It is native to eastern Asia, and has been artificially introduced to North America and Europe to control aphids and scale insects. It is now common, well known, and spreading in those regions, and has also established in Africa and widely across South America.
This species is conspicuous in North America, where it may locally be known as the Halloween beetle…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Francisco Welter-Schultes · Public domain · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48484

## Machine access

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