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10-11-2007, 06:24 PM
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| | | 11-spot ladybird?
Can anyone confirm or otherwise? I've not seen one before, and although it's missing a spot or two, this is the closest I can get. It was about 3.5 mm long, crawling amongst heather on Wimbledon Common.
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Joe  |
10-11-2007, 06:32 PM
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| | | Re: 11-spot ladybird?
How about a Hieroglyphic Ladybird, Coccinella hieroglyphica. |
10-11-2007, 06:42 PM
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| | | Re: 11-spot ladybird?
Aha! Yes, that's much better - and explains the habitat, given that it feeds on the larvae of the Heather Leaf Beetle...
Many thanks indeed! |
10-11-2007, 11:56 PM
|  | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London
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| | | Re: 11-spot ladybird?
Fantastic find... I hope to see one one day |
11-11-2007, 08:37 AM
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| | | Re: 11-spot ladybird?
Nice find, Joe  |
11-11-2007, 09:14 AM
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| | | Re: 11-spot ladybird?
Yes, the 'hieroglyphic' mark around the scutellum is very variable.
This is quite an interesting observation - it has been recorded at Wimbledon but this is the only recent observation I'm aware of. Good to know it's surviving!  |
11-11-2007, 09:17 AM
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| | | Re: 11-spot ladybird?
Yes Coccinella hieroglyphica, the habitat gives you a massive clue, As this species feed predominantly on the larvae of Lochmaea suturalis, a heather feeding species. The C.hieroglyphica vary great with abundance from year to year and area to area. | | |
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