Seven-spotted ladybird beetle (English spelling: Coccinella septempunctata)

Japanese: ナナホシテントウ（英語表記）Coccinella septempunctata; seven-spotted ladybird beetle

Coleoptera, Ladybird family. Body length about 8mm. The body is hemispherical, and the head is mostly hidden under the pronotum. The pronotum is black, and there are yellowish-white spots on both sides of the front edge that look like eyes. The head and underside of the body are black. The upper wings are orange-yellow, and there are four black spots on each side, one of which is on the suture line near the base, and when they join together they look like a circle, hence the name Seven Spots. Both larvae and adults are natural enemies of aphids, and prey on them. Widely distributed in Eurasia, those found in Japan except for the Ryukyu Islands are called the subspecies C. s. bruckii , and those found south of the Tokara Islands, China, Siberia, and Europe are a subspecies with smaller upper wing spots, and are called the Common Seven Spots Ladybird. (→Ladybirds)

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Japanese:

鞘翅目テントウムシ科。体長 8mm内外。体は半球形で頭部はほとんど前胸の下に隠れる。前胸背は黒色で，前縁両側に眼のようにみえる黄白色斑がある。頭部や体下面は黒色。上翅は橙黄色で，左右それぞれに4個ずつ黒色斑があるが，そのうちの1個ずつは基部近くの縫合線上にあり，合わさって1個の円紋にみえるのでナナホシの名がある。幼虫，成虫ともアブラムシの天敵で，それらを捕食する。ユーラシア大陸に広く分布し，南西諸島以外の日本に産するものを亜種 C. s. bruckiiといい，吐喝喇 (とから) 列島以南，中国，シベリア，ヨーロッパに産するものは上翅斑紋が小さい原亜種でコモンナナホシテントウという。 (→テントウムシ )

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