Small Transverse Ladybird Beetle Coccinella transversalis

Found from India all the way to Australia, this ladybird earned its "small" nickname to avoid confusion with its nearly identical European look-alike. The two species are so similar that naturalists constantly mix them up, making geography your best clue for identification.

This naming collision shows how tricky beetle identification can be—identical markings on opposite sides of the world, but completely different species. Geography tells the real story.