テントウムシダマシ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of テントウムシダマシ – see the following entry.

【偽瓢虫てんとうむしだまし】 [noun] handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae) [noun] (colloquial) 28-spotted ladybird, 28-spotted ladybug (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata, syn. Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)

(This term, テントウムシダマシ (tentōmushidamashi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)