NatureMapping: Field Guide Frenzy

What am I?

1. I may be one color or have lots of dark spots.
2. I eat insects; mites and aphids.
3. We spend the winter in large groups in a protected area.
4. Some people think we are all female, but of course this is not true.
5. Almost everyone has held me in their hand. 
6. I belong to the family COCCINELLIDAE (coke-sin-EL-li-dee).

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