coccinella quinquepunctata

{{Short description|Species of ladybird beetle}}

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| taxon = Coccinella quinquepunctata

| authority = Linnaeus, 1758

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Coccinella quinquepunctata is a species of ladybird beetle described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.{{cite web |title=Coccinella quinquepunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/5877900 |website=Global Biodiversity Information Facility|access-date=11 June 2023}} Its common names in English include five-spot ladybird.{{cite web |title=5 Spot Ladybird (Coccinella quinquepunctata) |url=https://eol.org/pages/3215164 |website=Encyclopedia of Life |access-date=11 June 2023}} The species overwinters in the pine trees of the Netherlands.{{cite journal |last1=Sloggett |first1=John J. |last2=Zeilstra |first2=Ilja |title=Geographic variation in the habitat preference of a scarce predatory insect: evolutionary and conservation perspectives |journal=Ecological Entomology |date=June 2020 |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=386–395 |doi=10.1111/een.12847|doi-access=free }}

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