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http://www.harlequin-survey.org/recognition_and_distinction.htm#
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Distinguishing the harlequin ladybird from other British species:โข If its less than 5 mm (1/5 inch) in length, it is definitely not a harlequin ladybird.
โข If its red with precisely 7 black spots, it is a 7-spot ladybird.
โข If it has white or cream spots, it is a striped ladybird, an orange ladybird or a cream-spot ladybird.
โข If it is large, burgundy coloured and has 15 black spots, it is an eyed ladybird
โข If it has an orange pronotum, and fine hairs all over the elytra, it is a bryony ladybird.
โข 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.
Saw that site and those charts but couldn't decide if it was one of them or not...
