7 spot ladybird?

[SpikyPhasmid]

Hi guys, is this a 7 spot ladybird? Found it in Epping Forest. Thanks for looking.

[Mrs Armitage]

Yes, I think it is

[aeshna5]

Sure is!

[SpikyPhasmid]

Hooray, a successful ID! I love this insect guide.

[I Love Nature]

Originally Posted by SpikyPhasmid

Hi guys, is this a 7 spot ladybird? Found it in Epping Forest. Thanks for looking.

I have this English ladybird guide on my iPhone and I've looked at both pictures in as much detail as possible and I think that is definately a seven spot ladybird.

[I Love Nature]

Originally Posted by I Love Nature

I have this English ladybird guide on my iPhone and I've looked at both pictures in as much detail as possible and I think that is definately a seven spot ladybird.

In Britain there are two types of 7 spot ladybird there is the Seven-spot ladybird Coccinella 7-punctua, and there is the Scarce-seven spot ladybird Coccinella magnifica. You have the more common Seven-spot ladybird Coccinella 7-punctua.

[Klaas Reißmann]

Coccinella septempunctata has got quite small spots as the one in the picture. If it's got bigger spots it could also be Coccinella magnifica, but C. septempunctata sometimes has got bigger spots, too. To keep them appart you need to see the downside at the side at the border of the Thorax (I don't know what it is called in english, I know it as "Epipleuren"). If the white parts are not just a small spot in the front vertex, but of bigger size like 1/3 of the border parts it is C. magnifica.

C. magnifica is a species of dry sandy places and in central Europe mostly found in heath, whereas C. septempunctata is found almost everywhere.

Klaas

[I Love Nature]

Originally Posted by Klaas Reißmann

Coccinella septempunctata has got quite small spots as the one in the picture. If it's got bigger spots it could also be Coccinella magnifica, but C. septempunctata sometimes has got bigger spots, too. To keep them appart you need to see the downside at the side at the border of the Thorax (I don't know what it is called in english, I know it as "Epipleuren"). If the white parts are not just a small spot in the front vertex, but of bigger size like 1/3 of the border parts it is C. magnifica.

C. magnifica is a species of dry sandy places and in central Europe mostly found in heath, whereas C. septempunctata is found almost everywhere.

Klaas

I know, I agree entirely but the thing about the Epipleuran is interesting.

[Klaas Reißmann]

I know, I agree entirely but the thing about the Epipleuran is interesting.

Why is it interesting for you? didn't know it, or do you remember it the other way round (could be I did it the wrong way, because I sometimes do - didn't check yet) or are there any questions?

Klaas

[I Love Nature]

Originally Posted by Klaas Reißmann

Why is it interesting for you? didn't know it, or do you remember it the other way round (could be I did it the wrong way, because I sometimes do - didn't check yet) or are there any questions?

Klaas

No, I just didn't know it.