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  • Ladybird ID please!
  • JulianA
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    Found this the other day – is it possibly a Harlequin variant?

    Thanks

    Julian

    Stoner
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    http://www.harlequin-survey.org/recognition_and_distinction.htm#

    Distinguishing the harlequin ladybird from other British species:

    • If its less than 5 mm (1/5 inch) in length, it is definitely not a harlequin ladybird.

    • If its red with precisely 7 black spots, it is a 7-spot ladybird.

    • If it has white or cream spots, it is a striped ladybird, an orange ladybird or a cream-spot ladybird.

    • If it is large, burgundy coloured and has 15 black spots, it is an eyed ladybird

    • If it has an orange pronotum, and fine hairs all over the elytra, it is a bryony ladybird.

    • If it is black with four or six red spots, two of which are right at the front of the outside margin of the elytra, it is a melanic form of the 2-spot ladybird.

    JulianA
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    Saw that site and those charts but couldn't decide if it was one of them or not…

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