convergent lady beetle

noun

variants or less commonly convergent ladybug or convergent

plural -s

: a common North American ladybug (Hippodamia convergens) that has red or orange elytra with black spots and feeds on small insects and especially aphids

Word History

Etymology

so called from the two converging white lines on its prothorax

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