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LADYBIRD PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES

Photographers include © Deirdre Hardiman, Pat Lenihan, Dorothy Lyle, David Nash

2-spot ladybird Adalia bipunctata typical form

Two-spot ladybird eggs Adalia bipunctata from container

Adalia bipunctata 2-spot ladybird pupa found on Sycamore

Coccinella septempunctata

Coccinellia 7-punctata mating pair of 7-spot ladybird found o Hawkbit

Coccinella 7-punctata found when sweeping vegetation

pupa of 7-spot ladybird Coccinellia 7-punctata

Dinocampus coccinellae parasitoid between legs of Coccinellia 7-punctata

10-spot ladybird Adalia 10-punctata with well devloped spots

Myrrha octodecimguttatata 18-spot ladybird found on Scots Pine

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata found by sweeping vegetation

Psyllobora 22-punctata

Psyllobora 22-punctata

Cream-spot ladybird Calvia quattourdecimpunctata found on decidous trees such as Tilia Lime species

Anatis ocellata our largest ladybird found on coniferous trees

Anatis ocellata

Coccinella hieroglyphica apparently scarce in Ireland

Calvia 14-guttata found on Oak

Halyzia sedecimguttata eats moulds and typically found on Sycamore leaves in Dublin

Halyzia sedecimguttata

Halyzi sedecimgutata

Halyzia 16-guttata pupa found on a deciduous oak in June

Halyzia sedecimguttata hibernating under branch on north side of a Maple

Halyzia sedecimguttata more than 100 adults found in hibernation

Harmonia axyridis

Harmonia axyridis harlequin ladybird form succinea 24 hours after emergence

Freshly emerged Harmonia axyridis adult sitting on pupal skin

Harlequine ladybird larva found on a leaf on a lime tree Tilia species

Harmonia axyridis pre-pupa discovered on a small Walnut tree beneath a Sycamore tree

Harmonia axyridis pupa a week after discovery of pre-pupa

Harmonia 4-punctata 16-spot form

Harmonia 4-punctata freshly emerged

Harmonia 4-punctata from Pine

Harmonia 4-punctata larva

Aphidecta obliterata found on Pine

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