Bug FAQDecorated Spurleg
Brachiacantha decora · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Coccinellidae
Adults are tiny, only about three to four and a half millimetres long. They have a yellow body, a pronotum with a large black mark, and black wing covers bearing four yellow spots.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The beetle’s body is yellow. Its pronotum bears a large black marking. Each elytron is black with four yellow spots.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Adults reach a length of about three to four and a half millimetres.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is found in the southern United States, specifically Texas, Arizona and Florida. Its range also includes Mexico, Central America, Brazil, Peru, Cuba and Jamaica.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 2 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Florida.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Coccinellidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiacantha_bistripustulata
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Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.