[ID] Ladybird - Scymnus interruptus or not?

Jason Green · #1 (**permalink**) 26-10-2009, 12:11 AM

Hi all,

I was pretty pleased to see this beauty in the garden today. It was very patient and allowed for a series of shots.

25/10/2009

Is it a Scymnus sp.?

Size: c3mm.

Any help appreciated!

Take care,

Jason

Jason Green · #2 (**permalink**) 26-10-2009, 12:30 AM

Sorry, title should read Scymnus sp. - S. interruptus isn't a UK one!

Jason Claxton · #3 (**permalink**) 26-10-2009, 09:53 AM

Morning Jason.Im new to the micro or untypical ladybirds, . But just in case was it much smaller than a melanic form of Adalia 10-punctata at 3.5mm to 4.5mm?Hopefully somebody though, knows these micro/untypical ladybirds well ,on WAB. I'm looking foward to learning about this one.

Paul mabbott · #4 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 04:29 PM

I'm far from expert on these but it certainly looks like a Scymnus sp.. Looks compatable with the most common British one, Scymnus frontalis but not as elongate as I would expect (but maybe a male?) and perhaps a bit blacker: like S. schmidti perhaps. I'd get expert advice!

Jason Green · #5 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

...I'd get expert advice!

...I was

Thanks Paul. Any ideas of who to send the photos to? Sorry, no specimen

Paul mabbott · #6 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason Green

...I was

Thanks Paul. Any ideas of who to send the photos to? Sorry, no specimen

My response to this type of question is:
(a) your local museum, university or (especially

) biological recording centre.
(b) famous entomologists in your part of the world.
(c) the Natural History Museum.

However, in this case, the Yahoo forum beetles-britishisles : Beetles of the British Isles
has most of the best on-line coleopterists in the country who will either give their opinion or point you to someone/somewhere else!