Six-spotted Zigzag Ladybird (Cheilomenes sexmaculata)

Latin Name	Observation Date	Location
Cheilomenes sexmaculata	Oct 22, 2026	Natore, Bangladesh

Scientific Name:
In the scientific world, this insect is known as Cheilomenes sexmaculata. In English, they are generally called six-spotted zigzag ladybird or ladybeetle.
Family and Genus:
According to the classification of the animal kingdom, it belongs to the family Coccinellidae of the order Coleoptera. It is a species of the genus Cheilomenes.

Origin and Habitat:
Starting from India to Japan and various parts of Australia, they have wide distribution in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia. They are regularly seen on the leaves of gardens, farm fields, and plants in our country.

Food:
They are extremely irresistible predatory insects. They eat by hunting aphids, whiteflies, scale insects, and various harmful small insects and their larvae that damage the tender leaves of trees.

Reproduction:
In suitable environments, they lay small and bright eggs on the leaves or branches of trees. Larvae emerge from the eggs, grow up quickly by eating surrounding harmful insects, and later transform into the pupa stage.

Benefits:
In crop fields and gardens, these beneficial insects play a wonderful role as natural biological controllers or biocontrol agents in suppressing harmful aphids.

Harmful Aspects:
They have no kind of harmful aspect for humans, plants, or crops. These are completely harmless and beneficial insects known as the farmer's true friend.

I learned about them from various sites including iNaturalist, Wikipedia and Google.

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Camera Used	Samsung SM-G973F
F-Stop	F2.4
ISO speed	ISO
Focal length	26mm
Flash	No
Editing app	Lightroom
Photography	(Cheilomenes sexmaculata)
Photographer	@mshbd
Location	Natore, Bangladesh

Link to original community
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/410125636

Latitude	Longitude	Map Link
24.3360	89.1134	https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/24.3360/89.1134