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Ladybird CR for Shropshire & National iRecord verifier - co-author of 'Micro ladybirds of Britain and Ireland: https://shorturl.at/gXsQp and Micro Ladybirds of Shropshire guide: https://shorturl.at/DivpW #VC40Ladybirds
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lesleylovesnature.bsky.social
7-spot Ladybirds congregate and shelter on Yew.
#WildWebsWednesday
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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gromesroland.bsky.social
#Coccinellidae zum #HexapoDezember:

* Calvia decemguttata (Licht-Marienkäfer)
* Coccinula quatuordecimpustulata (Trockenrasen-Marienkäfer)
* Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Vierzehnpunktmarienkäfer)
* Sospita vigintiguttata (Schöner Marienkäfer)
December 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
vc40ladybirds.bsky.social
Also from today’s dull and soggy mooch, Rhyzobius lophanthae (Bristly LB), Scymnus suturalis (Conifer LB), Nephus quadrimaculatus (Ivy LB) and Hippodamia variegata (Adonis LB), amongst others #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird
December 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
vc40ladybirds.bsky.social
A very dull and soggy mooch in NW Shrops today, finding several Anisosticta 19-punctata (Water LB) incl. still quite colourful ones! Coccidula rufa (Red Marsh LB) and Scymnus haemorrhoidalis (Red-rumped LB) #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
vc40ladybirds.bsky.social
Didn’t get out this week, so from the archives, as it is now in the UK, a couple of Calvia decemguttata (White-spot Ladybird) larvae from France a few years ago. #Coccinellidae #Ladybird #France
December 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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edmondslyn.bsky.social
Unnoticed when taking this photo, but 2 ladybirds have decided to overwinter inside this hollyhock flower 🐞🐞
#InsectThursday #Hibernation #Diapause #Ladybirds #Ladybugs #Hollyhock
A pink flower with two hibernating ladybirds tucked inside, surrounded by green leaves and stems
December 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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keithlangdon.bsky.social
A new Ladybird species for me this morning. Adonis Ladybird (Hippodamia variegata) found hibernating in some dried beans from the allotment that were being podded.
#bugsky #insects #ladybirds #allotment #beetles
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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wwbic1.bsky.social
#wwbic #recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos is Halyzia sedecimguttata, the Orange Ladybird recorsed in Aberystwyth, by James Ashford 📸
Thank you for your records submitted on the #lercwalesapp
#winterwatch #LERCWalesApp #wildwatch #gwyliogwyllt
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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vc40orthops.bsky.social
Seven Pine Ladybirds extracted from Larch and Douglas Fir during yesterday's wildlife group trip to Bicton, Shrewsbury. This was just one trayful - the trees were full of them.
Pine Ladybirds - black, very shiny & rotund beetles, each with two red spots towards the rear and two larger, comma-shaped marks at the 'shoulders'.
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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tandjwood.bsky.social
After only finding a couple of 2 spot Ladybirds (Adalia bipunctata) all year it was a pleasant surprise to find one hibernating indoors (got disturbed but soon found a place to settle down). @rockwolf74.bsky.social
2 spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata)
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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andyjlamb.bsky.social
Nice variety of ladybirds at St Mary’s church in Morpeth, #Northumberland this afternoon. Not huge numbers, but 6 species and my first Eyed Ladybird here for a couple of years. All in all, 1x 2-spot, 6x 7-spot, 2x Cream Spot, 5x Harlequin, 39x Orange, 1x Eyed. #NELadybirdSpot
Eyed Ladybird - a red ladybird with yellow-ringed black spots Two-spot ladybird, a small red ladybird with a black spot Cream-spot ladybird, a chestnut brown ladybird with white spots Six Orange ladybirds on a gravestone
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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katsoo.bsky.social
Well, Hello *halyzia sedecimguttata*
So glad you didn’t fly away home, but stayed with us while we drank coffee, al fresco 🫶 I’d never met one of your kind before and you were most delightful 🧡 #macroMonday #beetles #minibugs #somethingnew #minibeasts
Orange ladybird beetle, with completely orange body and white spots on carapace
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
vc40ladybirds.bsky.social
Three of four Scymnus haemorrhoidalis (Red-rumped Ladybird) seen in NW Shropshire today! #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird
November 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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andrew-jewels.bsky.social
Tapped a Conifer Ladybird (Scymnus suturalis) out of a pine tree in Upshire, Essex today. #UKLadybirds #EssexWildlife
A tiny black and brown Conifer Ladybird on a white canvas background.
November 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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mammalmark.bsky.social
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 21 was just a travelling day so just a few photos of other stuff some other insects 2/3
Shieldbug sp Steel blue ladybird Ladybird sp Weta sp
November 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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andybirkey.com
Arawana scapularis, a lady beetle species native to the SW US. Very few records exist for this species which shocked me since I found dozens on sycamore trees in the heart of Santa Fe, NM. Just happened to catch them as I walked by. It's why I always have my camera on me! #coccinellidae #inverts
A black lady beetle with bright red spots on tree bark A black lady beetle with bright red spots on tree bark A black lady beetle with bright red spots on tree bark A black lady beetle with bright red spots on tree bark
November 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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vc40orthops.bsky.social
A Red-rumped Ladybird, Scymnus haemorrhoidalis, vacuumed from Polytrichum moss whilst looking for Snow Fleas last Weds. One of the commoner micro ladybirds but it seems to vanish at some points in the year & then reappear in winter, when we start to find it again.
A small (c.2.5mm) black beetle with a fine covering of short, swirling hairs. Its head, 'collar' and 'tail' are an orange-red colour. Another shot of the same ladybird, better showing its red/orange 'tail' (head to the left, tail to the right).
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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ajcann.bsky.social
Bristly Ladybird, Rhyzobius lophanthae.
Pencil for scale.

#Beetles #Coleoptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Bristly Ladybird, Rhyzobius lophanthae Bristly Ladybird, Rhyzobius lophanthae, sitting on the point of a pencil.
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
vc40ladybirds.bsky.social
It was good to find Rhyzobius lophanthae (Bristly Ladybird) yesterday, in its typical habitat (!!), from grasses at the base of a Salix, next to a pond! 😂 With the rather more typical 16-spot #AlwaysExpectTheUnexpected #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
vc40ladybirds.bsky.social
It’s not often that I find a slightly different 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata), so it was good to see one today with very reduced central spots! #VC40Ladybirds
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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jeremybartlett.bsky.social
Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, infected with the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces harmoniae.

2nd Norfolk record, by @vannabartlett.bsky.social, 25 Nov.

(1st record was by @caspers-corpse.bsky.social, 19 Nov).

Both records from Earlham Cemetery, Norwich,

#Fungi #FungiFriends #Ladybirds
Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, infected with the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces harmoniae. The ladybird is on a headstone in our local cemetery. It is still alive. The ladybird's abdomen has yellow fungus protruding from it. Photo: Vanna Bartlett. Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, infected with the parasitic fungus Hesperomyces harmoniae. The photo shows the end of the ladybird's abdomen, with yellow fungus protruding. Photo: Vanna Bartlett.
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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vc40orthops.bsky.social
It has taken over two years for @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social & I to attract another Willow Ladybird (Scymnus limbatus), an extremely small & elusive species, to the refugia we designed in an attempt to learn more about them. It has been a long wait but we found one yesterday, plus an Anthocorid bug
Willow Ladybird, a small (2mm or less) black beetle with a large, red patch on each wing-case, sitting back to back with a Hemipteran bug which is significantly bigger.
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
vc40ladybirds.bsky.social
After a two year hiatus, @vc40orthops.bsky.social and I were really pleased to finally find another Willow Ladybird (Scymnus limbatus) using our refugia yesterday. 🥰 New for my #LadybirdYearList #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
vc40ladybirds.bsky.social
More from today’s mooch in east Shropshire! Rhyzobius lophanthae (Bristly Ladybird), R. chrysomeloides (Arboreal Ladybird) with R. litura (Meadow Ladybird), Nephus quadrimaculatus (Ivy Ladybird) and Scymnus interruptus (Red-flanked Ladybird), amongst others! #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird
A small hairy black ladybird with a bronze-brown pronotum, on a fabric tray with bits of dead brown conifer. Two small brown hairy ladybirds on a fabric tray. One has more extensive dark markings than the other, showing one of the differences between the two species. Two small black hairy ladybirds with 4 orange-red spots on their wing cases, on a fabric tray. A small black hairy ladybird with red triangular shaped markings on the wing cases, on a fabric tray.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
vc40ladybirds.bsky.social
A good mooch in east Shropshire today, finding Myrrha 18-guttata (18-spot Ladybird), Coccidula rufa (Red Marsh Ladybird), Anatis ocellata (Eyed Ladybird) and Hippodamia variegata (Adonis Ladybird) #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird
A chestnut brown ladybird with white markings, on the end of pine needles. There are two white markings just behind the pronotum which look like a pair of elf boots! Two red elongate ladybirds on a fabric tray. One is tucked up as they typically do, and the other is walking across the tray. Our largest ladybird in the UK, a red ladybird with black spots, each with a pale ring around it, giving it its name. The pronotum is white with distinctive black markings. It is on a brown leaf. An elongated red ladybird with black spots towards the rear of the wing cases, on a fabric tray.
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM