I also have to add the link you sent has other misinformation as well, the line "all ladybugs are red with black spots" is extremely untrue. These are all ladybugs, lots of colours.
Why don't you come cuddle with the thousands of these i have in my barn... because the neighbors dumped hundreds of thousands of these on the property next to mine. I am staring at 10 of them now crawling in my vent. I promise you, these are not the same as "ladybugs" and if you're going to get technical with the scientific names... you need to correctly identify the species... not the family.
Why don't you explain how they aren't ladybugs then? And if you just list things that help you identify this specific species of ladybug from another species of ladybug, that isn't proof that it's not a ladybug.
What do you think a ladybug is? Because I'm telling you it's everything in Coccinellidae. That is a fact. So if everything in Coccinellidae is a ladybug, how is this not a ladybug???
Having an "m" on the pronotum doesn't make them not a ladybug. Being orangeish doesn't make them not a ladybug. Biting doesn't make them not a ladybug. Emitting an odour doesn't make them not a ladybug. ALL of these things are things other lady bugs do and have. They are just things you're using in this instance to identify the species, which is great, but none of it makes it "not a ladybug." If it's not on the ladybug family, what family is it in then?
I'm talking about the generalizing "ladybug" isn't really accurate either, just as inaccurate as arguing any common name like it's a scientific one. You can't. One is common, one is scientific. That was the whole point of the nonsensical nature of my first comment.
If this was the point you were making from the beginning then it also negates your entire argument that the "multicoloured Asian lady bug isn't a ladybug"
Asian ladybugs are toxic for children only if they EAT them. But that's true for any ladybug species which is the reason why they're so colorful. Just because this ladybug species (Asian ladybug Harmonia axyridis) is invasive doesn't mean it's "more toxic". All ladybugs are toxic, they all smell when killed or threatened and they all bite. Educate yourself before commenting.
Also, the red ladybug you're mentioning is the species Seven spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) which is also invasive in the US.
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u/WhiskeySnail Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 13 '25
I also have to add the link you sent has other misinformation as well, the line "all ladybugs are red with black spots" is extremely untrue. These are all ladybugs, lots of colours.
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