How much does a ladybug weigh?
35 mg0.035 gWhich one: seven-spot ladybird
A ladybug weighs about 35 mg (0.035 g).
Animals vary, so Tilt always names a specific, common adult: a worker bee, a house mouse, a Labrador, a bull rather than a calf. The label tells you which one. Source for this figure: Sloggett 2008, Eur. J. Entomol. 105:381.
How heavy is that?
- It takes about 29 ladybugs to balance a paperclip.
- It takes about 1,700 ladybugs to balance an egg.
About the same weight
More animals
- Ant 1 mg
- Mosquito 2.5 mg
- Housefly 15 mg
- Honeybee 100 mg
- Monarch butterfly 500 mg
- Little brown bat 7.5 g
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