Ladybird Beetle
Domed, spotted and mildly toxic to anything that bites first.
Common bugs are free to play. The game shows how to get each one.
Passive: Warning Colours
Enemies within 90u of your body are slowed 25%, they cannot turn away in time.
A passive is always on: you never fire it and it never runs out. It is what the Ladybird Beetle does that no other bug does quite the same way.
Stats
Stats are multipliers on the standard bug, which is ×1.00 in everything (the game shows them as percentages: ×1.14 is 114%). Turn is Agility in the game. For Boost drain, lower is cheaper.
| Stat | Ladybird Beetle | Compared with the standard bug |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | ×1.00 | the standard |
| Turn | ×0.95 | turns 5% slower |
| Bulk | ×1.18 | 18% thicker |
| Growth | ×1.00 | the standard |
| Boost | ×0.98 | boosts 2% slower |
| Boost drain | ×0.95 | boosting costs 5% less |
| Spawn mass | 18 | the standard |
Power-ups
Every bug has 5 power-up slots. The Ladybird Beetle can carry 8 of the game's 18 power-ups: the 5 core ones every bug carries, and 3 more that its traits from the real animal allow. Its traits are armored, flier and gardener.
Hyperdash
Instantly teleport 420u forward; for 0.4s only the wall can kill you.
From its flier trait.
Barbed Carapace
Body swells up to 30% and grows barbs: enemies that hit your body are repelled and stunned instead of dying.
From its armored trait.
Nectar Bloom
For 10s every mouthful is worth double and you regenerate 6 mass per second.
From its gardener trait.
Core power-ups: Nitro Wings, Molt Husks, Phase Shift, Pheromone Call, Shockwave.
How bots play it
Bots fill every seat no player is using. A bot playing the Ladybird Beetle plays it as a Grazer. Food first: senses food further off, reads a closing head from further away and bolts early; it almost never hunts.
Other grazer bugs: Caterpillar, Cicada, Millipede, Mole Cricket.
Skins
The Ladybird Beetle has 6 skins. A skin changes only how it looks, never how it plays. See them in the full skin gallery.
Midnight Ladybird Beetle
Spots of starlight on a night-blue shell: gold spots and a gold collar on deep navy.
Lime Ladybird Beetle
A bright lime-green shell dotted with black spots.
Harlequin Ladybird Beetle
The melanic harlequin ladybird: black elytra with red spots and a white pronotum.
Tangerine Ladybird Beetle
After the orange ladybird: tangerine elytra dotted with cream-white spots and pale tan legs.
Pearl Ladybird Beetle
Pearl-white elytra with gold spots, an inset gold rim and a gold pronotum.
Pumpkin Ladybird
A deep pumpkin-orange shell with black spots and a vine-green collar, after the lady beetle that swarms into homes every October.
The real animal
The Ladybird Beetle in buggs.io is based on Coccinella septempunctata, and its traits come from what the real animal does. Read about it on Wikipedia.