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title: "Spotted Pink Lady Beetle"
description: "Coleomegilla maculata — Owady i pająki. Coleomegilla maculata, commonly known as the spotted lady beetle, pink spotted lady beetle or twelve-spotted lady beetle, is a large coccinellid beetle native across the Americas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/spotted-pink-lady-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Spotted Pink Lady Beetle

> Coleomegilla maculata — Owady i pająki. Coleomegilla maculata, commonly known as the spotted lady beetle, pink spotted lady beetle or twelve-spotted lady beetle, is a large coccinellid beetle native across the Americas.

- Scientific name: *Coleomegilla maculata*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 31054
- Wikidata: [Q2241974](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2241974)
- iNaturalist taxon: [126267](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126267)

## Names

- en: Spotted Pink Lady Beetle
- es: Catarinita rosa manchada
- fr: Coccinelle maculée

## Countries with the most observations

US (22916), CA (5931), MX (673), BR (124), CO (78), PE (61), EC (42), HN (31), CR (20), VE (13), AR (12), BO (12)

## Summary

Coleomegilla maculata, commonly known as the spotted lady beetle, pink spotted lady beetle or twelve-spotted lady beetle, is a large coccinellid beetle native across the Americas. The adults and larvae feed primarily on aphids and the species has been used as a biological control agent. Based on name connotation and to avoid confusion with other species also called "spotted lady beetle", the most appropriate common name for this species is probably "spotted pink lady beetle".

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

## Photo

![Spotted Pink Lady Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-pink-lady-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zygy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210456782

## Machine access

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