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The eighteen-spotted ladybird (''Myrrha octodecimguttata''), or 18-spot ladybird, is a species of beetle in the genus '' Myrrha'' in the
ladybird Coccinellidae () is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from . They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in Great Britain. Some entomologists prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as they ...
family that lives primarily in pine forests and mixed (deciduous/conifer) forests inhabiting the upper part of the canopy and feeding on aphids. They favour old pines and breed in the crowns of pine trees in Germany ''M. octodecimguttata'' also occurs on high bogs ( West Siberian Plain , East Siberian taiga) Adults overwinter in aggregations under peeled-off bark and in crevices at the bases of old pine trunks. It is usually in length.


Distribution

Europe, North Africa. European Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia, the Russian Far East, Belarus, Ukraine, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan, Western Asia, Mongolia. Fauna Europaea


References

Coccinellidae Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Coccinellidae-stub