Well, it seems I'm not the only one trying to prove something!
I could spend a lot of time quoting each thing I disagree with, but that wouldn't change anyone's views so I won't be wasting my time.
What I will say is:
A few here have gone full steam ahead assuming that I
wanted to submit an
official record for this ladybird.
I had no such intentions!
But I will say that I will
not be calling this a normal 7-spot. That would be like the poor souls who are interrogated by police and forced to admit to a crime they did not comit.
I will however be sending my pics to the county recorder for moths who also apparently does beetles, as I have just been told by someone who has visited looking for leaf mines.