Ladybird ID please!

[jezlee]

Hello all - just going through some old pics this morning and found these – can anybody help me with them?

I think 1. may be a Pine Ladybird and 2. and 3. are Harlequins, but I have no idea about the pupa and larva - I'm presuming they are ladybirds-to-be?

Any help would be much appreciated!

[nutmeg]

All look like Harlequins to me!

[leifus]

yeah id say all harlequins but im 50/50 with the first one. The last larvae is the larvae of a 7-spot ladybird. When I was younger I raised a couple in a jam jar and eventually they pupated and hatched into two fine ladybirds which I then released (when they hatch they are yellow at first then after a few minutes they go orange, before finally the spots start to appear and it goes red).

[Jason Green]

All Harlies, the last is 7-sp. larva

[GuyF]

I'd sat that they're all Harlequins including the pupa and larva.
Guy

[Pudding4brains]

Harleys, allof'em - 101% certain 7-spot larvae look very different, but there are many misidentified images on the internet

[Dogghound]

Yes all harlequins including larva and pupa.
1. Harmonia axyridis f.conspicua
2,3. Harmonia axyridis f.succinea

[djackso]

Harlequins - I agree too.

Harlequin Ladybird Survey - Recognition and Distinction

[Pudding4brains]

Originally Posted by Dogghound

1. Harmonia axyridis f.conspicua

Nah, that'd be the "spectabilis" aberration - or, the way I've understood so far and judging from the black "bites" in the red patches, it would actually be genetically half "spectabilis" and half "succinea"

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Pudding4brains

Nah, that'd be the "spectabilis" aberration - or, the way I've understood so far and judging from the black "bites" in the red patches, it would actually be genetically half "spectabilis" and half "succinea"

Agree, f conspicua has 2 red spots on black elytra.