The Ladybird thread (1 Viewer)

[pdwinter]

Unlike with birds, dragonflies, or butterflies where you might just pick one up by sight when flying around a roughly described location, it's possible to lose a ladybird completely before you've had an identifiable view, even when you know where you've dropped it! 😂

I find that with Dragonflies -- particularly damselflies in grassland on a windy day

 

[Larry Sweetland]

It's taken me until now to get 2-spot for the year, with these two in the garden. That's 25 species for the year now (23 on patch). They used to be one of the commonest species when I was a kid.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Forestier's Rhyzobius found in buddleia in the garden (Bristol BS5) today

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Four-spotted Nephus found today on the ivy-covered trunk in Bristol BS5 pictured here. It's been a reliable spot for them since I first discovered them there 2 years ago.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Another couple of micros from the last couple of days: a Red-flanked Scymnus from buddleia in the garden, and (much more excitingly) an Angle-spotted Scymnus from a local brownfield site.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Dot Ladybird found in a sallow in Bristol today. My first of the year.

 

[Euan Buchan]

My second ladybird I’ve seen this year a Harlequin.

 

[Surreybirder]

It seems to have been a poor year so far for ladybirds locally. Red-headed Rhyzobius seem to have died out; and I've failed to find a Pine Ladybird despite quite a bit of searching.
On the plus sign, I've found a good site for Nephus quadrimaculatus and I found my first Oak Scymnus (Scymnus auritus).
Yesterday I found my first two dot ladybirds (Stethorus pusillus) of the year, exactly where I found the S auritus. Rhyzobius chrysomeloides continues to be my most common find. I've now found 20 species in my 1 km square.

 

[Euan Buchan]

Saw this Ladybird on my doorstep third one this year.