Bug FAQUrsine Spurleg
Brachiacantha ursina · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Coccinellidae
Also called: Orange-spotted Lady Beetle, Ursine Spurleg Lady Beetle
Adults are tiny, only about 3 to 4 mm long. Males have a black pronotum with a yellow front edge and corner, and the wing covers show five yellow spots. They live in North America, from Nova Scotia down to South Carolina and west to Manitoba and Iowa.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Male pronotum is black with a yellow front margin and anterolateral angle. Elytra bear five yellow spots.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Adults reach a length of roughly 3 to 4 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Found in North America, recorded from Nova Scotia to South Carolina and west to Manitoba and Iowa.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 43 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Vermont, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New York, Indiana.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Coccinellidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiacantha_ursina
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.