ladybirds can anyone help me to catalogue correctly?

[the naturelover]

Good evening.
Can anyone spare the time to identify these 8 ladybirds.
Up till now i have filed them on my computer either by counting the spots or if the pattern wasn't "spotty" (i.e. blocks of colour) called them harlequins.
Now I discover this is totally wrong so what are these correctly called?

I appreciate this is a big ask but all the reference material i have looked at seems to differ.
regards tn

[Matt Smith]

14 spot
Cream Spot
14 spot
Harlequin
2-spot
10 spot?
Harlequin
10 spot?

[Jason Green]

Morning TN,

Any chance the third-from-last could also be a Two-spot? I've seen a Coccinellid that had exactly the same spot arrangement as here but was too small to be a Ten-spot.

What reference material did you use?

Take care,

Jason

[JRsbugs]

This one is a 2-spot.. black legs and red spots reach the shoulders.



This one is a form of Harlequin..

[Geoff F]

The Field Studies Council produce a reasonable ladybird identification guide for a couple of pounds, approx.

[Dogghound]

1. 14 spot
2. Cream spot
3. 14 spot
4. succinea harlequin
5. typica 2 spot
6. quadrimaculata 2 spot
7. succinea harlequin
8. spectabilis harlequin

[Klaas Reißmann]

Matt Smith is right, except the ones Janet corrected right.

Regards
Klaas

P.S.: The forma-names for the harlequins might be nice ones, but they are useless, because the colouration can be influenced and differences in temperature, humidity and many other things make a change. They are not genetically determined.

[the naturelover]

Many thanks to you all for you're help and time.
I will try and invest in some better reference books.
regards tn.