The Ladybird thread (1 Viewer)

[THE WANDERER]

Id help please

Found this one on a chalk downland site. Seemed quite a bit smaller than the normal 7-spots.

 

[MarkHows]

Looks like a 16 spot ladybird to me

Mark

 

[MarkHows]

I found these at the weekend, Over 20 Kidney spots

Mark

 

[Stuart Read]

Found this one on a chalk downland site. Seemed quite a bit smaller than the normal 7-spots.

It's a 14-spot, the squarish spots are the diagnostic feature.

Stuart

 

[Cristian Mihai]

Hi everybody,

I know (almost) nothing about ladybirds, but here are two pics taken on May 17th in Bucharest. Please help me to ID them.

P.S. The yellow one is a about half size of a seven-spot ladybird; the large red one is somehow larger than a seven-spot ladybird.

 

[Acid John]

I think the red pair are Harlequin ladybirds.

 

[aeshna5]

I think the red pair are Harlequin ladybirds.

They are- the form "succinea". The other is a 14-spot Ladybird.

 

[Cristian Mihai]

Thank for IDs, Acid John and aeshna5.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

The other is a 14-spot Ladybird.

All the 14's I've seen in England look different to this. Is this an eastern form, or do they sometimes lack the "connecting black bars" over here too?

 

[paul47]

Estonian ladybird

I was in Estonia last week, this was the only ladybird I found and I can't place it - any thoughts?

 

[The Hairy Highlander]

I had a Cream Spotted Ladybird yesterday, never seen one before so quite pleased..:t:

 

[Shirley Roulston]

Just a 7-Spotted Ladybird to add to the thread. I saw this one at Nefyn on the Lleyn Peninsula.

 

[Shirley Roulston]

Another 7-Spotted Ladybird, I found it amongst the nettles and its right at the top of a nettle leaf.

 

[redhoopoe]

Garden ladybird.

Hi all
Any ladybird experts can tell me what the id of this ladybird is, i thought it may be a scarce 7 spot ladybird but that has been ruled out, i an now thinking of an adonis ladybird. Length 5mm.

Colin.

 

[aeshna5]

Hi all
Any ladybird experts can tell me what the id of this ladybird is, i thought it may be a scarce 7 spot ladybird but that has been ruled out, i an now thinking of an adonis ladybird. Length 5mm.

Colin.

Yes, Adonis Ladybird, often on disturbed ground.

 

[redhoopoe]

Thankyou aeshna.

Colin.

 

[CerambyX]

I was in Estonia last week, this was the only ladybird I found and I can't place it - any thoughts?

I think it's Hippodamia notata - those bold spots are rather characteristic. This species is rather common around here.

 

[paul47]

Yes, that looks good - thanks very much!

Paul