Eyed Ladybird

Anatis ocellata

"Anatis ocellata", commonly known as the Eyed Labybird, is a species of Ladybug in the Coccinellidae family. It has black spots on a red background, with each spot surrounded by a yellowish halo. In one color variation, a specimen found in Scotland was reported having the spots fused to form longitudinal lines.
Anatis ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) 9 mm long brown colored ladybug Anatis ocellata,Eyed Ladybird,France,Geotagged,Summer

Food

The species feeds on aphids such as "Eucalipterus tiliae", "Tuberculatus annulatus", "Euceraphis betulae", " Cavariella konoi", "Acyrthosiphon ignotum", "A. pisum", and "Macrosiphoniella artemisiae". They prefer pine aphids, and are attracted to the scent of pine. The defensive alkaloid compound 2-dehydrococcinelline has been isolated and identified from this species.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyCoccinellidae
GenusAnatis
Species