Harlequin ladybird ID Please

MTR · #1 (**permalink**) 20-10-2007, 06:04 PM

Could some one confirm that these are harlequin ladybirds please?
I think thats what they are I would like to be sure!

ladybirdluva · #2 (**permalink**) 20-10-2007, 06:07 PM

yes they are

aeshna5 · #3 (**permalink**) 20-10-2007, 06:07 PM

They most definitely are. The last photo is one of the melanic forms.

Scarlet Pimpernel · #4 (**permalink**) 20-10-2007, 06:09 PM

Make sure you record them at Harlequin Ladybird Survey - home

I found one today at Arlington Reservoir....they have also made it into my garden this summer which is a real shame.

Cheers Jacob

MTR · #5 (**permalink**) 20-10-2007, 07:08 PM

Thanks folks for your swift replies.

I have just sent all the relevant info to the ladybird Survey people along with some photographs.

Scarlet Pimpernel · #6 (**permalink**) 21-10-2007, 07:21 AM

Well done Mark, I think it is essential that everytime we see these that they get reported otherwise as we are already finding we will be over-run.

Any body know what action will be taken in light of the reports being produced?

MTR · #7 (**permalink**) 21-10-2007, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Scarlet Pimpernel

Any body know what action will be taken in light of the reports being produced?

When I was looking around on the Ladybird website it mentions that they are trying to develop a Pheromone lure to trap them. So it sounds like they are going to have a go at attracting them into traps to kill them, well that's the way I interpreted it.