Ladybird Collection

Poster, Austria Date: 1950

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

Gem scarf pins with diamond, ruby, sapphire, pearl, and cats eye. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

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

Babys cot transfer, Gnome sitting on a toadstool

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

Old Maid card game - Doorman Dormouse. circa 1950s

Poster, Austria. circa 1950s

Boy and girl with large ladybird on a Christmas card
Boy and girl with a large red and black ladybird on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink rosebuds on a religious greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink rosebuds on a birthday card
A sprig of pink rosebuds on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Pink lilies on a Christmas card, with butterfly and ladybirds. Date: circa 1890s

Baby Scouts -- out at sea
Baby Scouts -- In time of war, a Baby scout named Flo fought with great hardihood, and shelled the foe. Date: 1900

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

Ladybird
A waterlogged ladybird on the edge of a leaf, unable to move until droplet dries

Adalia bipunctata variant, two spot ladybird
A waterlogged two spot ladybird variant, unable to move until water droplets on the elytra dry

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

Ladybird just emerged from its pupa case
The distinctive black spots will develop on this ladybirds elytra or wing case within a few hours of emerging from its pupa case. Photograph taken in Surrey by D. J. Carter, 1989

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