About Anatis ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anatis ocellata, commonly known as the eyed ladybug, is a species of ladybug in the family Coccinellidae. This species typically has black spots on a red elytral background, though individuals with a brown background have been recorded in Alberta. Each spot is surrounded by a yellowish halo. One documented color variation, found in a Scottish specimen, has fused spots that form longitudinal lines. Variations with no black spots are also known to occur. The species is distributed across continental Europe, transcontinental Russia, central Asia, Mongolia, northern China, the Korean peninsula, Turkey, and Western Canada.
