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Originally Posted by Misanthrope  I did a quick sweep here on the 19th, looking for something to show a group of Brownies, and found 16, 22 and 24 spot ladybirds. There were also a couple of orange ladybirds on sycamore.
I don't know where the harlequins have been hiding. I've seen very few all summer but there have been more 7-spots around. I saw several on thistles a few weeks ago. Earlier in the year there were reasonable numbers of pine ladybirds and I've also picked up the odd cream spot. 2-spots seem scarce though. |
On a personal day by day observation (including a ladybird field study i did for uni in May/June) harlequins were a daily observation/pest/plague around my home and garden but they have been very scarce this year?..i was wondering if they have moved further north from my area of Kent?...i have had a minimal amount turn up in my weekly moth trap sessions but have had equal amounts of native species too...but this weekend the harlequins seem back with a vengence so im not sure where they have been off to ha ha...not that happy to have them back though as they take over my bedroom!