"Propylea quatuordecimpunctata The 14-spotted ladybird (""Propylea quatuordecimpunctata"") is a small lady beetle, belonging to the family Coccinellidae. It is sometimes referred to by the common name 14-spotted ladybird beetle, or simply P-14. Subspecies include: The beetles are 3.5 to 4.5 millimeters long and have an uncommon variety of forms. There are well over 100 different color and pattern variations. Some differ to the extent that, at first, they were considered separate species. The background color ranges from cream through yellow to light orange, but not red. Usually they have 14 black, almost rectangular spots on the elytra, but only rarely"
"""quatuordecim"", the Latin for ""fourteen"" and ""guttata"", the Latin for ""spotted"". This ladybird is also sometimes known as the cream-spotted ladybird, the polkadot ladybird or the eighteen spot ladybird and may be confused with another beetle also known as the eighteen-spot ladybird (""Myrrha octodecimguttata""). The latter is usually found on pine trees and is smaller and a paler brown colour and has a characteristic M-shaped white mark on its pronotum. The cream-spot ladybird measures long and broad. It is very variable in colouration in North America. In Europe the species is consistently maroon-brown with fourteen cream-coloured spots, but in North"
"number and size but there are often about 20 to 24 and usually no more than 26. Sometimes spots are joined together or they can be absent completely. Dark (melanic) forms are very rare. Another extremely rare form has yellow spots. Larvae are 4 to 6mm long and pale grey-green with darker speckles. They are covered with branched spines. These spines are also present in the pupa, enabling the pupa to secrete noxious alkaloids as a defence against predators. There are five European species in the Epilachninae subfamily, all herbivorous and somewhat hairy. The 24-spot Ladybird can be distinguished from"
"Cream-spot ladybird The cream-spot ladybird, Calvia quatuordecimguttata, is a species of ladybird in the family Coccinellidae. Its distribution is holarctic, it being found in Europe and through the East Palearctic to Japan.It is introduced to North America. This ladybird is generally in length and varies in appearance depending on the geographical location. It usually lives in hedgerows and deciduous trees. This ladybird was first described by Linnaeus in 1758 as ""Coccinella 14-guttata"". As ladybirds were further studied, it was transferred to the genus ""Calvia"" which was erected in 1873 by the French entomologist Étienne Mulsant. The specific name comes from"
"also on mites and thrips (Thysanoptera) The 16-spot frequently forms very large aggregations on tree trunks, fence posts, logs and so on during winter. It is a small ladybird of around 2-3mm. It is usually a cream or beige colour, although darker forms do occur. It has a distinctive dark line on the middle of its elytra, and its spots are often fused, with three fused spots often forming a line on either side of the ladybird. Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae. Its common English name is the sixteen-spot ladybird. It is"
"leaf litter, crevices in the bark of trees and other similar protective locations. Cream-spot ladybird The cream-spot ladybird, Calvia quatuordecimguttata, is a species of ladybird in the family Coccinellidae. Its distribution is holarctic, it being found in Europe and through the East Palearctic to Japan.It is introduced to North America. This ladybird is generally in length and varies in appearance depending on the geographical location. It usually lives in hedgerows and deciduous trees. This ladybird was first described by Linnaeus in 1758 as ""Coccinella 14-guttata"". As ladybirds were further studied, it was transferred to the genus ""Calvia"" which was erected"
"Ladybird Ladybird ""Ladybird Ladybird"" (sometimes rendered as ""Ladybug Ladybug"", particularly in the US) is an English-language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16215. This traditional verse relates to Ladybugs or Ladybirds, brightly coloured insects commonly viewed as lucky. The English version has been dated to at least 1744, when it appeared in ""Tommy Thumb's Pretty Songbook"" Vol. 2. The verse has several popular forms, including: A shorter, grimmer version is also widespread: Ann who hides may also be ""Nan"", ""Anne"" or ""Little Anne"". She may have hidden under a ""warming pan"", ""porridge pan"", ""frying pan"""
"may reach a body length of . Their distinctive spots and attractive colours apparently make them unappealing to predators. The species can secrete a fluid from joints in their legs which gives them a foul taste. A threatened ladybird may both play dead and secrete the unappetising substance to protect itself. The seven-spot ladybird synthesizes the toxic alkaloids, N-oxide coccinelline and its free base precoccinelline; depending on sex and diet, the spot size and coloration can provide some indication of how toxic the individual insect is to potential predators. Europe, North Africa, Australia, Cyprus, European Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia, the"
"this, it has a similar size and ecological niche. Both species occur in the South Island and south of the North Island, but in the north of the North Island only the introduced species is found. However, it is present on islands in areas where it is absent on the mainland, and may be displaced on the mainland as a result of interspecific competition. Coccinella leonina Coccinella leonina, common name orange-spotted ladybird, is a species of ladybird native to New Zealand. It is black with 16 orange spots, and is about 5–6 mm long. It is present from to subalpine"
"Cycloneda sanguinea Cycloneda sanguinea is a widespread species of ladybird beetle in the Americas. This ladybug can be distinguished from others because of its lack of spots on the elytra. ""Cycloneda sanguinea"" is the most widespread ladybird beetle in Latin America, with a distribution that ranges from the southern United States to Argentina, and eastward to the Cayman Islands. On the Galápagos Islands, it lives in sympatry with its sister species, ""Cycloneda galapagensis"". ""Cycloneda sanguinea"" is a large ladybird beetle with red, unspotted elytra (wing covers). The color ranges from orange to deep red. The white and black marks on"
"Cycloneda sanguinea Cycloneda sanguinea is a widespread species of ladybird beetle in the Americas. This ladybug can be distinguished from others because of its lack of spots on the elytra. ""Cycloneda sanguinea"" is the most widespread ladybird beetle in Latin America, with a distribution that ranges from the southern United States to Argentina, and eastward to the Cayman Islands. On the Galápagos Islands, it lives in sympatry with its sister species, ""Cycloneda galapagensis"". ""Cycloneda sanguinea"" is a large ladybird beetle with red, unspotted elytra (wing covers). The color ranges from orange to deep red. The white and black marks on"
"Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata (the 24-spot ladybird) is a beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is the only member of the genus Subcoccinella. It has the typical, almost semi-spherical, ladybird shape and is patterned with spots. However it differs from many of the well-known ladybirds in being neither smooth and shiny nor an eater of aphids: the wing-cases look velvety and it eats fungal moulds on plants. The common names for this insect in many languages follow the binomial name and mention that it has twenty-four spots, but in English there is great variation in how this is written, with"
"the often brightly coloured Coccinellidae, the elytra of these small ladybirds are predominantly dark brown and have no spots. Head, antennae, pronotum, the end of the elytra and the legs are orange-brown. Larvae can reach a length of . They show a waxy covering that makes them apparently look like the mealybugs they prey on, a case of aggressive mimicry. The adults and larvae of these insects eat scale insects, especially mealybugs. Females lay their eggs among the egg sack of mealybugs. Larvae feed on mealybug eggs, young crawlers and their honeydew. They become adults in 24 days, after three"
"Adalia decempunctata Adalia decempunctata, commonly known as the ten-spotted ladybird or ten-spotted lady beetle, is a carnivorous beetle of the family Coccinellidae. The ten-spotted ladybird was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th century work, ""Systema Naturae"", its original name was ""Coccinella decempunctata"". Its specific name from the Latin ""decem"" ""ten"", and ""punctata"" ""spotted"". A highly variable species, individuals may in fact bear anywhere from 0 to 15 spots. ""Adalia decempunctata"" is a common Palearctic species found in Europe, North Africa, European Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Transcaucasia Western Asia. It occurs in"
"is harder to see catches more prey. Another function is signalling — for instance, a ladybird is less likely to be attacked by predatory birds that hunt by sight, if it has bold warning colours, and is also distastefully bitter or poisonous, or mimics other distasteful insects. A young bird may see a warning patterned insect like a ladybird and try to eat it, but it will only do this once; very soon it will spit out the bitter insect; the other ladybirds in the area will remain undisturbed. The young leopards and ladybirds, inheriting genes that somehow create spottedness,"
"even in the lightest marked individuals, hence the species epithet ""quadripunctata"". The pronotum is not very variable, with a consistent pattern of 11 markings, 5 of which are large and bold. The underside of ""H5"" is dark with orange-brown sides, as in most Harmonia. Lighter specimens with limited spots may be similar to ""H. axyridis"", but the pronotum and elytral pattern does not overlap. The four-spot ladybird is a predator of various species of aphids such as ""Lachnus pinicola"". The period of activity extend from March to October. These beetles over-winter in communities under the bark of various deciduous and"
"are yellow-green decorated with black branched thorny appendices. The beetles and larvae live openly on the leaves, eating the soft tissues between the veins. The female ladybird may produce 300 to 400 eggs. The development stages are completed in four to six weeks under optimal conditions. The larvae pupate on the leaves and young beetles of the new generation feed intensively for one to two weeks to build up their fatty tissue. Only adults are capable of over-wintering. They usually hibernate under fallen leaves at the edges of woods, in bushes or under plant residues in fields. This species originated"
"""bi-"" ""two"", and ""punctata"" ""spotted"". The name can also be written as ""Adalia 2-punctata"" depending on author preference. ""Adalia bipunctata"" is a small Coccinellid that can feature any one of a large selection of red and black forms. Some forms are similar to Mulsantina picta, but the two white spots on the head of ""Adalia"" (in contrast with a large white region or more than two spots, readily separates it. Additionally ""Adalia"" is entirely black on the ventral surface with black legs, which helps rule out any other options. The two-spotted ladybird is highly variable in many parts of its"
"Phalanta phalantha Phalanta phalantha, the common leopard or spotted rustic, is a sun-loving butterfly of the nymphalid or brush-footed butterfly family. The common leopard is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of 50–55 mm with a tawny colour and marked with black spots. The underside of the butterfly is more glossy than the upper and both the male and female are similar looking. A more prominent purple gloss on the underside is found in the dry-season form of this butterfly. The butterfly is found in Subsaharan Africa and southern Asia (including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar) in a number"
"to larvae of Cycloneda but with shorter legs. The cream-spot ladybird has a holarctic distribution. In North America the range extends from Alaska and Labrador south to California and New Jersey. where it is introduced. The Palearctic range is Europe, North Africa, Cyprus, European Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia, the Russian Far East, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan, Western Asia, Pakistan, Mongolia, China, and Japan. It is present throughout Britain and Ireland though more common in England than further west and north. The species occurs in a wide variety of habitats - deciduous and mixed forests for instance in Western European"
"tropical countries. The name ""coccinellids"" is derived from the Latin word ""coccineus"" meaning ""scarlet"". The name ""ladybird"" originated in Britain where the insects became known as ""Our Lady's bird"" or the Lady beetle. Mary (Our Lady) was often depicted wearing a red cloak in early paintings, and the spots of the seven-spot ladybird (the most common in Europe) were said to symbolise her seven joys and seven sorrows. In the United States, the name was adapted to ""ladybug"". Common names in some other European languages have the same association, for example, the German name ""Marienkäfer"" translates to Marybeetle. Coccinellids are"
"Eighteen-spotted ladybird The eighteen-spotted ladybird (""Myrrha octodecimguttata""), or 18-spot ladybird, is a species of beetle in the genus ""Myrrha"" in the ladybird family that lives primarily in pine forests and mixed (deciduous/conifer) forests inhabiting the upper part of the canopy and feeding on aphids. They favour old pines and breed in the crowns of pine trees in Germany ""M. octodecimguttata"" also occurs on high bogs (West Siberian Plain , East Siberian taiga) Adults overwinter in aggregations under peeled-off bark and in crevices at the bases of old pine trunks. It is usually in length. Europe, North Africa. European Russia, the"
"Sweden and less frequently in other countries. As of 2012 it is not reported from the British Isles. Cynegetis impunctata Cynegetis impunctata is a species of Ladybird native to continental Europe. In Germany it is known as the 'Grass Ladybird', 'Unspotted Ladybird' or 'Ochre Ladybird'. The adult beetles are about 3 to 4.5 mm long, strongly domed and ochre-brown in colour. There are usually no spots, but some specimens have spots or may be darker in colour. The species lives in damp meadows and woodlands. Adults and larvae are vegetarian and polyphagous, on grasses such as couch-grass (""Elymus repens""), false"
"in the majority of the Eastern States. Marlatt made entomological investigations in China, Japan, and Java in 1901–02. He introduced the ladybird to the United States in order to control the San Jose scale. The body of adult female is yellow and is covered with a rounded dark gray scale up to two millimetres in diameter. Over the course of two months, yellow crawlers are born viviparously and emerge from the back of the test at the rate of two or three a day. In bad weather they gather under their mother's scale. The crawlers disperse to other parts of"
"Spotted antbird The spotted antbird (""Hylophylax naevioides"") is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. In southern Central America, it is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; also Colombia and Ecuador of northwestern South America. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. A smallish bird, measuring and weighing . The male spotted antbird's plumage is a distinctive combination of a necklace of large black spots on a white chest, chestnut back, grey head, and black throat. The female is a duller version of the male, but also distinctive with large chest spots and two"
"Coast sighting in 14 years). In 2011, about 20 of these ladybugs were found on a farm in Amagansett, New York, the first such sighting in the state since 1982. The nine-spotted ladybug can be identified by the presence of four black spots on each of its elytra, a single spot split between the elytra, and a black suture between the elytra. Its pronotum is black, with two connected white marks at the front of its head. ""C. novemnotata"" has historically been native in North America to the United States and southern Canada. ""C. novemnotata"" has become rare across its"
"other species, including the 11-spot, 22-spot, cream-spot, water and hieroglyphic ladybirds, ""Coccidula rufa, Rhyzobius litura"" and ""Nephus redtenbacheri"". Conversely, increases were seen in the numbers of harlequin, orange, pine, and 24-spot ladybirds, as well as ""Rhyzobius chrysomeloides"". The kidney spot ladybird was recorded in Scotland for the first time in recent years, and the 13-spot was found to have recolonised Cornwall, Devon, and the New Forest. The most commonly recorded species was the 7-spot, closely followed by the Asian harlequin — an invader that arrived from continental Europe in 2003 after being introduced to control pests. An 'explosion' in the"
"Adalia bipunctata Adalia bipunctata, commonly known as the two-spot ladybird, two-spotted ladybug or two-spotted lady beetle, is a carnivorous beetle of the family Coccinellidae that is found throughout the holarctic region. It is very common in western and central Europe. It is also native to North America but it has heavily declined in many states and provinces. It is commonly introduced and imported as a biological control agent. The two-spotted ladybird was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th-century work ""Systema Naturae""; its original name was ""Coccinella bipunctata"". Its specific name is from the Latin"
"shorter, lacking the well defined spinal mane of the former two species. The base colour generally is a pale greyish-brown or yellowish-grey on which an irregular pattern of roundish spots is superimposed on the back and hind quarters. The spots, which are of variable distinction, may be reddish, deep brown or almost blackish. The spots vary in size, even on single individuals, but are commonly in diameter. A less distinct spot pattern is present on the legs and belly but not on the throat and chest. A set of five, pale and barely distinct bands replace the spots on the"
"ladybeetle. It earns this name as it often invades homes during October, in order to prepare for overwintering. When the species first arrived in the UK, it was labelled in jest as the ""many-named ladybird"" due to the great quantity of vernacular names. Among those already listed other names include multivariate, southern, Japanese, and pumpkin ladybird. ""Harmonia axyridis"" is a typical coccinellid beetle in shape and structure, being domed and having a ""smooth"" transition between its elytra (wing coverings), pronotum, and head. It ranges from 5.5–8.5mm in size. The common color form, f. ""succinea"", is orange or red in colouration"
"coniferous trees such as pines and poplars. ""Harmonia quadripunctata"" is widespread from northern to southern Europe. In the British Isles the four-spot ladybird is found only sporadically. The species is also present in the Eastern Palaearctic ecozone and in the Near East. These ladybirds live in pine forests from the lowlands to the hills. Rare vagrant records of this species have historically occurred in coastal eastern North America. However a potential colony of this species was discovered in Massachusetts starting in 2014, where it has likely formed a sustainable population. Harmonia quadripunctata Harmonia quadripunctata (the cream-streaked lady beetle or four-spot"
"the remiges and rectrices (main wing feathers), which are light brown with darker bands. The heart-shaped face is usually bright white, but in some subspecies it is brown. The underparts, including the tarsometatarsal (lower leg) feathers, vary from white to reddish buff among the subspecies, and are either mostly unpatterned or bear a varying number of tiny blackish-brown speckles. It has been found that at least in the continental European populations, females with more spotting are healthier than plainer birds. This does not hold true for European males by contrast, where the spotting varies according to subspecies. The beak varies"
"go unused by the specialized rainforest species. However, they have been regularly detected in well-established rainforest regrowth in Australia. Spotted catbirds are 26–30 cm. Males weigh 180g and females weigh 168g. Adults have a large, dusky colored head with a blackish cap and black ear-patch. They have mostly bright-green upperparts with heavy olive chevrons and white streaking on the underbody. They have slim white wing bars and a white-tipped green tail. The eye is red and it has a stout, cream colored beak. The legs and feet are dark to bluish grey. Males and females have similar plumage. Their coloring"