Ladybug (Seven-spot)
6.5 mm (0.2559 in)
Adult body length
The red ladybird with seven black spots, seen from above. 5 to 8 mm long.
Published
How big is that?
6.5 mm is 93 times the width of a human hair and 7.6% of a credit card.
Ladybug is the 6th largest of the 32 Tiny Worlds objects, and the 28th smallest of the 172 objects across all five SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Black peppercorn (Kitchen Table), 4.865 mm across and Grain of rice (Long-grain, milled) (Kitchen Table), 7.15 mm long.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Ladybug in orange beside the Tiny Worlds objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Ladybug |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow fever mosquitoAedes aegypti, the mosquito with white-striped legs that spreads dengue and Zika. | 5.5 mm long | 85% of the size |
| Bed bug (Adult)A flat, oval blood-feeder about the size of an apple seed, seen from above. | 6 mm long | 92% of the size |
| House flyThe common fly, seen from the side. | 6.5 mm long | about the same |
| Ladybug (Seven-spot) | 6.5 mm long | – |
| Honey bee (Worker)A western honey bee worker, the bee that makes honey. | 12.5 mm long | 1.9× bigger |
In other units
| Millimetres | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| Centimetres | 0.65 |
| Metres | 0.0065 |
| Inches | 0.2559 |
How it's measured
Adult body length. Midpoint of 5 to 8 mm (Crowley et al. 2021); UC IPM gives almost 8 mm, the top of that range.
The source gives a range, so this is the middle of it.
Sources
- europepmc.org: Wellcome Open Research genome note (Crowley et al. 2021): adults are large (5-8 mm).
- ipm.ucanr.edu (supporting): UC IPM: almost 1/3 inch (8 mm) long.
Checked against the source on .
Could you have guessed it by eye?
Ladybug is one of the objects in Tiny Worlds, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.