Coccinella novemnotata

Coccinella novemnotata
Coccinella novemnotata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Coccinella
Species: C. novemnotata
Binomial name
Coccinella novemnotata
Herbst, 1793

Coccinella novemnotata, the nine-spotted ladybug or nine-spotted lady beetle, is a species of ladybug native to North America.

It is the state insect of New York since 1989,[1] although the pink spotted ladybug was considered as a replacement in 2006, as the nine-spotted ladybug was thought extinct in the state.[2] In 2007 the nine-spotted ladybug was rediscovered in Virginia (the first East Coast sighting in 14 years), and the bill to replace it did not pass the State Senate, and so was not signed into law.[3]

Its numbers are thought to have been greatly reduced by the spread of the introduced Asian lady beetle in recent years.

Notes

  1. ^ "Symbols of New York State", New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 2008-03-30
  2. ^ A Few Things Lawmakers Can Agree On, New York Times, 23 June 2006.
  3. ^ Ramanujan, Krishna. "New York's state insect, the nine-spotted lady beetle, rediscovered in eastern U.S. after 14 elusive years", Cornell Chronicle, 17 April 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
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