Insect

Six-spotted Zigzag Ladybird

Cheilomenes sexmaculata

Six-spotted Zigzag Ladybird (Cheilomenes sexmaculata) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · India · Resized

Scientific name: Cheilomenes sexmaculata
Family: Coccinellidae, order Coleoptera
Group: Insect

A tiny gardener's friend in a spotted jacket.

Spot it Orange-yellow beetle with black zigzag bands.
Home Fields, orchards and gardens.
Food web Eats aphids and scale insects; birds eat it.
Why it matters A natural pest controller: one ladybird eats many aphids, protecting plants without chemicals.

Read more: Cheilomenes sexmaculata on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 3 verified records of this species on iNaturalist, between 2023 and 2026, in Jaipur.^[20]

Sources

Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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