Eighteen-spotted ladybird
Species of beetle
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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 family that lives primarily in pine forests and mixed (deciduous/conifer) forests inhabiting the upper part of the canopy and feeding on aphids.[1] They favour old pines and breed in the crowns of pine trees in Germany [2] M. octodecimguttata also occurs on high bogs (West Siberian Plain, East Siberian taiga)[3] Adults overwinter in aggregations under peeled-off bark and in crevices at the bases of old pine trunks.[4] It is usually 4 to 5 millimetres (0.16 to 0.20 in) in length.[5][6]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Myrrha |
| Species: | M. octodecimguttata |
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| Myrrha octodecimguttata | |
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