Ladybird & beetle ID

[Oy]

Any ideas folks?

Harlequin Ladybird?

This was about 7mm






Which beetle?

This was about 10mm

[jezlee]

Don't know about the beetle, Oy, but from what I've read about them, it doesn't look like a Harlequin. But I'm no expert ....

[matt_xyz]

Hi Oy, I found one of those ladybirds in my garden yesterday and took a few shots. It is identical. But I'm also confused as to its identity. It doesn't have the white 'eye' patches of a harlequin, and it doesn't quite look like a Pine Ladybird.

Matt

[jezlee]

Hi Oy ... me again!

Have a look at Chrysolina polita for the beetle .... look at this pic:

http://www.kolumbus.fi/hannu.j.tanne...na_polita.html

[JM]

Hi Oy, could be Adalia bipunctata - or the good old two spotted ladybird, there are some where the black prevails! or so I have just read, plus the book had a piccy of a 'black' version

[jezlee]

Originally Posted by JM

Hi Oy, could be Adalia bipunctata - or the good old two spotted ladybird, there are some where the black prevails! or so I have just read, plus the book had a piccy of a 'black' version

I think you could well be right, Farmer Morton ....

[JM]

Here you go, found one on the web
http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/coccinellidae.htm

[Oy]

Originally Posted by jezlee

Hi Oy ... me again!

Have a look at Chrysolina polita for the beetle .... look at this pic:

http://www.kolumbus.fi/hannu.j.tanne...na_polita.html

Thanks - that's the one