Identification of Ladybugs.

Adult ladybugs are oval and convex, often shiny with short legs and antennaes. Wing covers are dark reddish oranges to pale yellow colored. With or without black spots or irregular marks on the body of the ladybug. Some are solid black or black with a red spot. The head is concealed from above. They have three distinct tarsal segments, and range from 1/16 to 3/8 inch long. Larvae are some what flattened, and covered with minute tubercles or spines. Most resemble tiny, black, six-legged alligators with orange spots. Tiny, yellow, oval eggs are laid upright in clusters of 10 to 50 on undersides of leaves.