Coccinella Collection

Leaf beetles, Galeruca species 1, Aulacophora analis 2, Cyclotrypema furcata 3, Donacia vittata 4, flat bark beetle, Cucujus clavipes 5, Pyrrhidium sanguineum 6 and Chlorophorus varius 7

Spiders, blister beetles and ladybirds
Garden spider, Araneus diadematus male 1, female 2, Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria 3, 4, 5 Cantharis livida 6, giant blister beetle, Lytta gigas 7, blister beetles, Lydus trimaculatus 8

Tawny prominent, Harpyia milhauseri, and seven-spot
Tawny prominent, Harpyia milhauseri, seven-spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata and fruit flies on a hazel tree, Corylus avellana

Curtis British Entomology Plate 208
Coleoptera: Coccinella ocellata = Anatis ocellata (Ocellated Lady-bird) [Plant: Astragalus glycyphyllos (Wild Liquorice)] Date: 1824-39

Coccinella sp. black spotted ladybird
Scanning electron microscope image showing the head of a black spotted ladybird (x 9 on a standard 9 cm wide print). This image has been coloured artifically by computer

Coccinella, black spotted ladybird
Scanning electron microscope image showing the head of a black spotted ladybird (x 9 on a standard 9cm wide print). Coloured artificially by computer

Coccinella 7-punctata, ladybirds
A pair of seven spot ladybird resting on a leaf. Ladybirds are small round beetles, with this species displaying three and a half spots on each of their two wing cases or elytra

Coccinella 7-punctata, seven spotted ladybird

Coccinella 7-punctata, ladybird
A familiar seven spot ladybird feeding on an aphid. Ladybirds are a beneficial insect to gardeners as they feed on aphids both as an adult and as larva

Coccinella 7-punctata, seven spot ladybird
A familiar seven-spot ladybird resting on a chive plant. Ladybirds are a beneficial insect to gardeners as they feed on aphids both as an adult and as larva. Photograph taken in Surrey by D. J

LADYBIRDS
A selection of ladybirds from the Coccinella genus, including punctata, bipunctata, figrina and punctaissima

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