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Beetle Gallery - Page 3: Ladybirds (family Coccinellidae) |
Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera |
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A selection of beetles found in Britain and Northern Europe . . . . . . | |
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 2-spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) length 4-5 mm Typical red form with black spots |
 2-spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) length 4-5 mm Black form with red spots |
 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) length 7-8 mm |
 10-spot Ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) length 4-5 mm Four of the many colour types of this variable species, which can range from entirely reddish-yellow to nearly all black |
 14-spot Ladybird (Propylea quattuordecimpunctata) length 4-5 mm |
 16-spot Ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) length 3-4 mm Cluster of hibernating beetles in a hollow tree trunk Photo: Sally Turner © |
 Cream-spot Ladybird (Calvia quattuordecimguttata) length 5-6 mm |
 Eyed Ladybird (Anatis ocellata) length 8-10 mm Photo: James Weir © |
 Ladybird Larva |
 Ladybird Pupa Suspended from a plant stem with head downwards and the shed larval skin still attached at the tail-end |
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