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    The Ladybird thread

    It's a 14-spot, the squarish spots are the diagnostic feature. Stuart
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    The Ladybird thread

    Not sure, they don't seem to have had an effect on the native species round here so far. Stuart
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    The Ladybird thread

    That would appear to be a Harlequin Ladybird of the conspicua variant, note the two large white patches at the front corners of the pronotum, & the protruding head, both of which Kidney-spot Ladybird lacks. Stuart
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    The Ladybird thread

    Photos of a few of the ladybirds seen this week, Adonis Ladybird, Kidney-spot Ladybird & the tiny Rhyzobius litura. Stuart
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    The Ladybird thread

    Thankyou Dave. Seen plenty of other ladybirds about recently, mostly 7-spot & Harlequin but also Adonis, 10-spot, 2-spot, 14-spot, 24-spot & Orange Ladybirds. Stuart
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    The Ladybird thread

    Had a surprise visitor in my conservatory today, an 11-spot Ladybird. This was my bogey species, because despite searching had never managed to find one before! Stuart
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    The Ladybird thread

    Lots of ladybirds seen yesterday morning, in particular a 20 metre stetch of hedge & ditch on the Essex side of the River Stour I counted 82 7-spot Ladybirds & 8 Harlequins on the nettles, thistles, bindweed etc. Hopefully this shows that the Harlequin isn't having much effect on the 7-spots...
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    The Ladybird thread

    This year so far... The year started with 7-spot Ladybirds (2) in the garden during a nice sunny afternoon on 10th February, next up was a 24-spot under a piece of 'reptile tin' on the 13th March, presumably using it to gain extra warmth. April has seen the ladybirds really come out in force at...
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    The Ladybird thread

    Found quite a large number of Harlequin Ladybirds at my local Nature Reserve the other day, mostly adults but also a few larvae & pupae. The pupae & empty pupal cases were all attached to fallen leaves of a large Sycamore tree, all the adults & larvae were below this tree either on the dead...
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    The Ladybird thread

    Thanks Paul. It was too big for 10-spot & by a process of elimination it left just Harlequin. However it does have a 'keel' & also the slight depressions at the rear of the elytra so therefore is definately a Harlequin. Stuart.
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    The Ladybird thread

    Probable Harlequin & unexpected garden visitor I found this ladybird along the local riverside walk yesterday (1st two pictures), I believe it to be a Harlequin although its not a colour form I have seen before & was smaller than normal at about 5-6mm long (do you agree Paul?). While taking...
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    The Ladybird thread

    Hi Ken They are the 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata & the 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis 16-punctata. Stuart
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    The Ladybird thread

    No the hawthorn wasn't flowering just in leaf, but in the more open areas there will be some in flower very soon. Stuart.
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    The Ladybird thread

    Had a walk round a local wood at the weekend & beat Cream-spot, Orange, Pine & 14-spot Ladybirds all from Hawthorn, presumably because it comes into leaf earlier than the surrounding trees these ladybirds find more food here. Stuart.
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    The Ladybird thread

    It is a 10-spot Ladybird Stuart.
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    The Ladybird thread

    Thanks Paul, i will give the specimen to the local beetle recorder for confirmation. Stuart.
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    The Ladybird thread

    'Ladybird' for confirmation Could someone please confirm that this small ladybird is Scymnus haemorrhoidalis, it was swept from a wet meadow along with Coccidula rufa. Stuart.
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    The Ladybird thread

    Here is a shot of one of the Kidney-spot Ladybirds mentioned in my previous post, Stuart.
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    The Ladybird thread

    A few species already on my local patch including Kidney-spot Ladybirds on Sallow trunks at my local wetland plus Pine & Larch Ladybirds beaten from some Pine Trees on the local amenity area, plus of course plenty of 7-spots & a few 2-spots locally. Pine & Larch Ladybird pictures attached. The...
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    The Ladybird thread

    Here's a couple from West Suffolk. Stuart.
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    The Ladybird thread

    I had no problems finding ladybirds in the spring, at least 13 species seen. It might just be me but i find that ladybirds are easist to find in Spring & Autumn with the months of June & July the quietest probably because most are in the larval or pupal stages. Stuart.
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    The Ladybird thread

    Another good book on the subject is Ladybirds of Surrey by Roger D Hawkins available from the Surrey Wildlife Trust, School Lane, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0JN or online at www.surreywildlifetrust.co.uk It deals in detail all the species occuring in Surrey & briefly the one that doesn't...
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