並瓢虫

Compound of 並 (nami, “average, ordinary”) +‎ 天道 (tentō, literally, “celestial path”, but here referring to 天道虫 (tentō mushi, “ladybird, ladybug”); the 瓢虫 spelling is an alternative for tentō mushi).[1][2]

The use 瓢虫 for the tentō portion is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese.

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) なみて​んとー [nàmí téꜜǹtòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [na̠mʲi tẽ̞nto̞ː]

並瓢虫 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 竝瓢蟲, hiragana なみてんとう, katakana ナミテントウ, rōmaji nami tentō, historical hiragana なみてんたう, historical katakana ナミテンタウ)

1. an Asian ladybeetle, Harmonia axyridis

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ナミテントウ.
• Sometimes called as simply 天道虫 (tentō mushi).[1]