Do ladybirds bite?

[Paul mabbott]

As promised - not very good (old) picture of hundreds of ladybirds drowning in the sea. Dead ladybirds all along the beach in a band about half a metre wide. All seem to have been 7-spots.

[mrs fish]

Sorry Paul know I should of taken a pic

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by mrs fish

Good to see you back on WAB aeshna5, I have been wondering where you were

Thanks Mrs Fish- put it down to technical problems; but I'll disappear again for brief period again in a few weeks, but I'll return again!

[forgottenpenguin]

Ladybirds do bite, sometimes they are just inquisitive of what something tastes like. I had rescued a ladybird from the middle of a puddle and it crawled along my arm and then waited to dry off so I left it where it was. 5 minutes later I felt a sharp pain in my arm so I flicked the ladybird off my arm to find that it had bitten me and was drinking my blood.
I think the species that bit you wasn't native, possibly a harlequin.

[Dogghound]

Seven spots will bite. It is not unheard off for this to happen, especially when numbers are high and food is low.