I bring up the terminology note because this ladybird has an M-shape on its pronotum (the bit of shell behind its head), which US Americans may recognise from another member of the genus: Harmonia axyridis, the multicoloured Asian lady beetle.
That beetle is also a ladybug! But there seems to be a lot of confusion around that fact, particularly in the USA, but lady beetle is just another name for ladybug.
Natasha Taylor
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