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11-10-2009, 03:07 PM
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| | | Re: Ladybird ID Help
Well that hole has a 13mm diameter for scale, but I'll take your word for it, I have found a few 10 spot pictures online that are similar.
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11-10-2009, 03:32 PM
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| | | Re: Ladybird ID Help
No worries Elrosso,if you are not certain yourself,it would do no harm to send a photo off of this one.  Cheers Jason. |
11-10-2009, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Claxton  Thanks Paul I had my suspicions on this one,whilst we've got you ,is 10 spot marching north then?My maps suggest it is more southerly than that. | Most ladybirds are 'southerly' insofar as you find more in the south (as with most insects) than the south - gradually getting rarer as you go north but most ladybird species are found at least as far north as the Scottish midlands (and thus I would expect them in Dunfermline) although not in huge numbers.
The reason that most of Scotland seems bereft of ladybirds is due to latitude more than altitude - most uplands and highlands are too cold and wet for them! A further point is that large tracts of Scotland are poorly recorded - when people have gone out specifically and intensively looking for ladybirds they have found some - if not many.  |
11-10-2009, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by elrosso Well that hole has a 13mm diameter for scale, but I'll take your word for it, I have found a few 10 spot pictures online that are similar.
Cheers! | Well perhaps it was a female who'd been eating up and taking exercise  10-spots are usually 4-5 mms but, as with most things, there are exceptions. |
11-10-2009, 07:06 PM
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Cheers for that Paul,yeh Ive seen the odd small Harlequin LB as well |
11-10-2009, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Claxton Cheers for that Paul,yeh Ive seen the odd small Harlequin LB as well | Yes, at this time of year many haxy males are really extremely small: presumably when there are so many of them they don't get the nutrition they need to grow to 'normal' size. | | | |
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