No, the melaniuc is
Harmonia axyridis the so-called 'harlequin ladybird'. Its size and shape along with the position of the elytral patches and the large white areas on the pronotum are typical of
H. axyridis.
There are rare examples of mating between different species of the same genus (
e.g. Adalia bipunctata with
Adalia decempunctata - they haven't been shown to p[roduce viable offspring. Crosses between genera are not recorded for ladybirds or, indeed, most animals.
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Originally Posted by bonitin  Hi, 
I'm quite sure of the red one being an Asian ladybeetle (Harmonia axyridis) but not entirely confident about the other, I thought could be the black variation of the two-spotted ladybird (Adalia bipunctata)? If so that would mean that the two different species would cross?   |