Adalia bipunctata
(Linnaeus, 1758) · speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Adalia bipunctata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility114 767 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI444 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics262 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Adalia bipunctata, the two-spot ladybird, two-spotted ladybug or two-spotted lady beetle, is a carnivorous beetle of the family Coccinellidae that is found throughout the holarctic region. It is very common in western and central Europe. It is also native to North America but it has heavily declined in many states and provinces. It is commonly introduced and imported as a biological control agent.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Adalia bipunctata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Documented compounds5 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (6R)-6-(2-oxopropyl)-6-pentylpiperidin-2-one | present | LOTUS | |
| Emodin | present | NPASS | |
| Glucocapangulin | present | NPASS | |
| Physcion | present | NPASS | |
| Rheochrysin | present | NPASS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Adalia bipunctata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Adalia bipunctata carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 209×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database · GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database +1
diploid1×GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type114 767 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions43 of 101 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Brussel, BE | 993 |
| Bern, CH | 838 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 444 |
| Vancouver, CA | 436 |
| Chicago, US | 430 |
| Geneva, CH | 407 |
| Lexington, US | 299 |
| University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record | 296 |
| Toronto, CA | 294 |
| Zürich, CH | 265 |
| Zadock Thompson Natural History Collection, University of Vermontlocation not on record | 265 |
| OSUClocation not on record | 238 |
| Dhaka, BD | 206 |
| Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record | 188 |
| Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record | 153 |
| Edmonton, CA | 153 |
| Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record | 149 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 149 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 148 |
| Tartu, EE | 142 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 132 |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 122 |
| WIlocation not on record | 102 |
| Sion, CH | 100 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 99 |
| Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record | 95 |
| Olocation not on record | 95 |
| Fairbanks Museum and Planetariumlocation not on record | 92 |
| Tilburg, NL | 87 |
| Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record | 84 |
| University Park, US | 81 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 80 |
| Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record | 78 |
| Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record | 76 |
| Philadelphia, US | 75 |
| CIBIOlocation not on record | 74 |
| Salzburg, AT | 72 |
| NHMOlocation not on record | 71 |
| Helsinki, FI | 69 |
| Espace pour la vielocation not on record | 66 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 61 |
| Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record | 53 |
| Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 47 |
| Tromsø, NO | 44 |
| Fribourg, CH | 41 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 33 |
| University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 32 |
| CUlocation not on record | 29 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 29 |
| Saint John, CA | 25 |
| Trondheim, NO | 24 |
| Auckland, NZ | 23 |
| Vitoria, ES | 23 |
| NCMGlocation not on record | 22 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 22 |
| Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 20 |
| Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record | 19 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 17 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 17 |
| UDlocation not on record | 16 |
| TMPMlocation not on record | 14 |
| neflocation not on record | 11 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 11 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 10 |
| Ugentlocation not on record | 10 |
| Paro, BT | 10 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 10 |
| Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 9 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 8 |
| South Kensington, GB | 7 |
| Paris, FR | 6 |
| MIDDlocation not on record | 6 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 6 |
| Champaign, US | 6 |
| Oulu, FI | 5 |
| SOVTlocation not on record | 5 |
| Chicago, US | 5 |
| VTFPRlocation not on record | 5 |
| NMOKlocation not on record | 5 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 4 |
| Decorah, US | 3 |
| ZMAAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Vernal, US | 3 |
| San Francisco, US | 2 |
| Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| Albuquerque, US | 2 |
| East Lansing, US | 1 |
| Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 1 |
| Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record | 1 |
| North Carolina State University Insect Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| Tallinn, EE | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria - AGROSAVIAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Guelphlocation not on record | 1 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 1 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 1 |
| Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Adalia bipunctata was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.