Ladybird Id

[sebastianbawn]

Hi all. Found this little guy and another exactly the same under some trees in work. I think it is Adalia bipunctata but I would be grateful if anyone knows which colour form it is, and how many other colour forms it has?

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by sebastianbawn

Hi all. Found this little guy and another exactly the same under some trees in work. I think it is Adalia bipunctata but I would be grateful if anyone knows which colour form it is, and how many other colour forms it has?

Not the best of details but by the white sides of the pronotum and the shape of the red spots, I would say this is the spectabilis form of Harmonia axyridis, the 'harlequin ladybird'. There are at least three known forms in this country but they are all very variable!

See Harlequin Ladybirds

[sebastianbawn]

Thanks Paul thats great. I now have spectabilis, succinea and a black and yellow conspicua!