Help identify this 'thing'?

Question

I was bit by somehtiong. It looked like a lady bug, but it had a black body, with red dots on it's back. HELP! What was it?

Answer 1

oh dear it may well have been a Harlequin Ladybird;

they are very aggressive and eat other ladybirds, they are not native; they have escaped from commercial greenhouses and are now spreading across england.

http://www.harlequin-survey.org/recognit...

Answer 2

It is a ladybird only a Harlequin one and I think it is one of the invasive ones, not native to the UK.

Answer 3

Depending on where you live, it might be a Tic??

Answer 4

its still a ladybird just with different markings

Answer 5

how many legs? bugs have 6 but spiders have 8

Answer 6

Adult ladybugs, or ladybird beetles, are typically a brick red or orange with black markings. But some are black, often with red markings.

Answer 7

A ladybug.  They come in various colours and sizes.  Some of them bite, but it's harmless.

Answer 8

i think it was a lady bug theres a black 1 with red dots on this web page below

Answer 9

How did you know , it was a lady bug?

Answer 10

try here:

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/

Answer 11

It was a ladybird, they can be various colours including red, black and yellow

Answer 12

oh thats just a black widow spider...harmless really

unless it bit u

Answer 13

a lady bug on oppisite day