What looks like a ladybug but only it is solid black all over?

Question:My husband and I were outside when a black bug landed on his hand. It was shaped just like a ladybug no bigger or smaller. Is there such thing as a solid black ladybug?

Answers:
If it looks like a ladybird beetle...same size and shape..it probably is. They come in different colors. The exception is the cucumber beetle and the mexican bean beetle, but their size is different....

Common species that are in the USA

convergent lady beetle - referring to a pair of white convergent dashes on the prothorax

sevenspotted lady beetle

transverse lady beetle

ninespotted lady beetle

mexican bean beetle - considered a pest- a defoliator of soybeans and green beans

fourteenspotted lady beetle

twospotted lady beetle

pine lady beetle

twicestabbed lady beetle - with two red spots

elevenspotted lady beetle

fifteenspotted lady beetle

eyespotted lady beetle

thirteenspotted lady beetle

parenthesis Iady beetIe

Timberlake spotted lady beetle

The beetle family to which they belong, Coccinellidae, means "little sphere". Scientist have logged approximately 4000 species around the world and roughly 350 species in North America. The species can be identified by the patterns and spots on their wing covers or spheres.

Like all beetles, the lady beetles have a life cycle with distinct egg, larval, pupal, and adult stages. It seems to have one generation per year. The adults of the Convergent Lady Beetle will hibernate in places like ground vegetation, buildings and tree trunks. Spring is the time for the adults to leave and start their reproduction mating.