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03-10-2006, 03:39 PM
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| | | 22 spot ladybird.
I believe this is a 22 spot ladybird, I found it in the utility room. I wish I had known that they feed on mildew before I let it go, my house plant soil is covered in it for some reason, and the dahlias in the garden.  |
03-10-2006, 04:26 PM
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| | | Re: 22 spot ladybird.
Yes, Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata, the 22-spot - although it seems to have only 20 spots. The other British yellow species have far fewer spots which tend to merge.
Well, there's plenty of mildew around our washing machine (amongst other places) so it probaby wouldn't have starved in your utility room! This is a very good year for mildew - as a result of the wet but fairly warm conditions towards the end of August so lots of mildew-eaters around - perhaps you'll get the orange ladybird, Halyzia sedecimguttata, visiting next? There are a lot of those around and they are particularly attracted to light and often come indoors.
PS: what's that coin? I can only relate to the small brown ones .... Quote: |
Originally Posted by Rich I believe this is a 22 spot ladybird, I found it in the utility room. I wish I had known that they feed on mildew before I let it go, my house plant soil is covered in it for some reason, and the dahlias in the garden. | |
03-10-2006, 11:27 PM
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| | | Re: 22 spot ladybird.
That's a pound coin. Are you still using pound notes in Sheffield? |
04-10-2006, 06:47 AM
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| | | Re: 22 spot ladybird.
This one nearly got ironed! 
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04-10-2006, 08:28 AM
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| | | Re: 22 spot ladybird.
I agree with 22 spot ladybird. Here's a pic from my WAB Gallery which shows the spots pretty clearly.  |
04-10-2006, 08:40 AM
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| | | Re: 22 spot ladybird.
Quite interesting that all three pictures show only twenty spots - on this one you can see some fusion. The 22-spot is said, along with the 7-spot, to have the most conservative elytral pattern of UK ladybirds ... Quote: |
Originally Posted by jdoherty I agree with 22 spot ladybird. Here's a pic from my WAB Gallery which shows the spots pretty clearly. | |
05-10-2006, 07:42 AM
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| | | Re: 22 spot ladybird.
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott Quite interesting that all three pictures show only twenty spots - on this one you can see some fusion. The 22-spot is said, along with the 7-spot, to have the most conservative elytral pattern of UK ladybirds ... | I think the spot (bottom middle) is actually two spots fused together. If that's the case then bingo, we've got our 22 spots. |
08-10-2006, 01:38 PM
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| | | Re: 22 spot ladybird.
Anyway, can't be anything else and a very nice picture. What's it feeding on? Quote: |
Originally Posted by jdoherty I think the spot (bottom middle) is actually two spots fused together. If that's the case then bingo, we've got our 22 spots. | |
09-10-2006, 07:19 AM
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| | | Re: 22 spot ladybird.
It was on a leaf of some sort. Sorry don't know which species. Those are the hairs on the leaf if that helps. |
09-10-2006, 07:33 AM
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| | | Re: 22 spot ladybird.
Doesn't help me! No, I wondered if they were fungal mycelia, it is a mildew-eating species. Interesting if it was actually eating the hairs ... Quote: |
Originally Posted by jdoherty It was on a leaf of some sort. Sorry don't know which species. Those are the hairs on the leaf if that helps. | | | |
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