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Letter: 14- or 16-spotted ladybird Comments re: Dahlia hosts a mystery guest By Marie Freeman I believe that is a 14 spotted ladybird beetle or, the closer I looked at it maybe 16 spots which even makes me scratch my head more. 16 Spotted Ladybird, officially - Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata. I thought I would add this in as it's a possibility, but I would say some varieties of the 16 spotted ladybugs are known to be more beige than yellow, it might have a yellow hue if it's an older beetle. If there's 14 spots, I'm really surprised you're seeing that in this area? Was it photographed in Columbia? We have to count the spots to identify it. It looks like there's seven on the side it's photographed so I assume there's seven on the other side which makes it a 14 spotted Lady Bird beetle. They tried to introduce them perhaps they are taking hold in this area. A lot of people don't realize this the USDA brought in Asian ladybugs to control aphids. Which perhaps was a good idea originally. But has turned out to actually be a menace pest. I'm sure many down here had the experience of them trying to overwinter in their homes. And unfortunately they have killed off most of the native ladybugs. Remember the ones that would bring you luck... could let crawl on you without biting you! That's interesting the first 14 spotted yellow ladybug I've seen here. Not native to the area but they're trying to introduce them. Marie, thank you for writing! The bug on the Dahlia was photographed in Russell County between Russell Springs and Jamestown. - LW This story was posted on 2020-10-12 15:23:25
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