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title: "Two-spotted Lady Beetle"
description: "Adalia bipunctata — Insetos e aranhas. 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/pt/animal/two-spotted-lady-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Two-spotted Lady Beetle

> Adalia bipunctata — Insetos e aranhas. 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` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `urban` (Cidades e jardins)
- 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

![Two-spotted Lady Beetle](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=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).