Free ladybug SVG files

Red, black and which one to cut

A ladybug is red with black spots, and a one-colour cut can give you that in two ways. Cut the design from black and put red behind it: the spots show red on a black beetle, which is striking but the wrong way round. Or cut it from red and put black behind: now the spots, the centre line and the pale marks all show black, which is closer to the real thing. For the true colours use the layered ladybug, where the red wing cases sit on a black body and the spots are holes in the red.

Each design is 100 mm on its longer side. The legs and antennae of the ladybug from above are a little over 2 mm wide at that size, so it cuts in vinyl down to about 50 mm, which suits a plant pot or a notebook. For felt and foam use the simple ladybug, which has no legs at all.

Seven spots

The common seven-spot ladybug has three spots on each wing case and one more that straddles the line between them, just behind the thorax. The ladybug from above and the layered ladybug follow that pattern. Ladybugs are a sign of good luck in many countries, which is why one of the designs puts a ladybug on a four-leaf clover.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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