• Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

• Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

• Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

• Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

• Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

• Lady, Fungus, Scavenger, and Bark Beetles (Superfamily Coccinelloidea)

• Lady Beetles (Family Coccinellidae)

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Family Coccinellidae comprises the lady beetles, ladybirds, or ladybugs, a diverse and widely distributed family of beetles in the order Coleoptera. These beetles are among the most recognizable insects, typically having a rounded, dome-shaped body and bright coloration featuring combinations of red, orange, yellow, black, or occasionally pink and white. While many species display the familiar spotted pattern, others are striped, mottled, or entirely dark. Both adults and larvae are important predators of aphids, scale insects, whiteflies, mites, and other soft-bodied arthropods,