Ladybird information

LADYBIRD PUBLICATIONS AND WEBSITES

PUBLICATIONS

Field Guide to the ladybirds of Great Britain and Ireland by Helen Roy and Peter Brown, (2018) (illustrated by Richard Lewington), Bloomsbury Wildlife (2018)

Guide to the ladybirds of the British Isles – a foldout chart by the Field Studies Council. This Guide may be ordered from the Field Club Publications Page.

Guide to the ladybird larvae of the British Isles – a foldout chart by the Field Studies Council

Ladybirds, Naturalists’ Handbook 10, Helen Roy, Peter M.J. Brown, Richard F. Comont, Remy L. Poland and John J. Sloggett, Pelagic Publishing (2013) [An ‘advanced key’]

Ladybirds (Coccinellidae) of Britain and Ireland – An Atlas, Helen Roy, Peter Brown, Robert Frost and Remy Poland, Field Studies Council (2011)

WEBSITES

Ladybirds of Ireland, Roy Anderson www.habitas.org.uk/ladybirds

UK Ladybird Survey www.coleoptera.org.uk/coccinellidae/home

UK Beetle Recording www.coleoptera.org.uk/home

WEBINARS

The UK Ladybird Survey held ladybird identification webinars earlier in 2020 https://www.coleoptera.org.uk/coccinellidae/home/ and the recordings are available from Further Information and Resources with links to Utube videos, as listed / linked here below.

Introduction to Identifying and Recording Adult Ladybirds Part I

https://youtu.be/ehoejBKCHXQ

Introduction to Identifying and Recording Adult Ladybirds Part II

https://youtu.be/l7Exaet4Loo

Introduction and Recording larvae

https://youtu.be/kvoaMwj2nsw