1174745 Coccinella septempunctata NOT EVALUATED <i>Coccinella septempunctata</i> Linnaeus, 1758 Seven-spot ladybird seven-spotted ladybird sevenspotted lady beetle seven-spotted lady beetle seven-spotted ladybird ca Marieta de set punts da Syvplettet mariehøne de Siebenpunkt-Marienkäfer de Siebenpunktmarienkäfer en 7-spot ladybird en ladybeetle, ladybird beetle en Seven-spot ladybeetle en Seven-spot ladybird en sevenspotted lady beetle en sevenspotted ladybird fi Seitsenpistepirkko fr Coccinella septempunctata fr coccinelle à sept points it Coccinella septempunctata ja ナナホシテントウ lt Septyntaškė boružė mt Nannakola tas-seba' tikek pl Biedronka siedmiokropka sk Lienka sedembodková Anonymous, 1997. Ladybird Beetle. Microsoft Encarta 97 Encyclopedia. Houghton Mifflin Company. 4126 1 4126 324713 false 1 Arnett Jr., R., N. Downie, H. Jaques. 1980. How To Know The Beetles. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C Brown Company Publishers. 4127 1 4127 324713 false 1 Bernard, L. March, 1994. 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Accessed February 28, 2000 at http://worldkids.net/critters/bugs/welcome.htm . 4137 1 4137 1138241 false 1 1. National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary (Jan 2003) <a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nbn/">http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nbn/</a> 689815 1 689815 1421349 false 1 2. Harde, K. W. (2000) <i>A field guide in colour to beetles</i>. Silverdale Books, Leicester. 696266 1 696266 1421349 false 1 3. Lyneborg, L. (1976) <i>Beetles in colour</i>. Blandford Press, Dorset. 696283 1 696283 1421349 false 1 4. Buczacki, S (2002) <i>Fauna Britannica</i>. Hamlyn, London. 696284 1 696284 1421349 false 1 5. Joy, N. (1933) <i>British beetles; their homes and habits</i>. Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., London. 696285 1 696285 1421349 false 1 Both adults and larvae are voracious predators of aphids, and are one of the gardener's greatest natural allies (4). Ladybirds lay their yellow eggs in small groups on leaves (5). The black larvae have relatively long legs, and they are active predators. When threatened, adults exude a bright yellow distasteful substance from the joints of the legs, which dissuades potential predators from eating a ladybird. Adults overwinter in garden sheds, amongst vegetation, in crevices in fences and a range of similar locations, and can often be discovered in fairly large numbers during this time. They emerge in March and April (4).</p><p>There is much folklore centred on ladybirds; ladybird numbers are said to indicate the number of aphids due that particular year, they are also widely thought to bring good luck, particularly with regards to romance (4). There are many rhymes associated with these beetles, the most well known in England begins: 'Ladybird, ladybird, fly away, your house is on fire and your children are gone' (4). 876b67fd2bf5062d34422fdd02e12dde 2615357 Wildscreen Copyright Wildscreen 2003-2008 ARKive Copyright Copyright Wildscreen 2003-2008. Some rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Supplier ARKive http://www.arkive.org/ 5978 arkive Location Source URL View original data object http://www.arkive.org/seven-spot-ladybird/coccinella-septempunctata/ Citation English cc-by-nc-sa 3.0 Text http://content1.eol.org/content_large.jpg http://content2.eol.org/content_medium.jpg http://content3.eol.org/content_small.jpg 1 Overview 3 Description 290 General Description 302 Nucleotide Sequences 267 Morphology 232 Reproduction and Life History 70 Behavior 4 Ecology and Distribution 20 Distribution 41 Habitat 297 Trophic Strategy 8 Conservation 33 Trends and Threats 286 Conservation Status 6 Relevance 251 Uses 295 Procedures 300 Wikipedia 9 Biodiversity Heritage Library 7 References and More Information 17 Literature References 226 Specialist Projects 298 Biomedical Terms 227 Search the Web 13 Common Names 1 Animalia NOT EVALUATED Animalia 164 Arthropoda NOT EVALUATED Arthropoda 344 Insecta NOT EVALUATED Insecta 345 Coleoptera NOT EVALUATED Coleoptera 354 Cucujoidea NOT EVALUATED Cucujoidea 7459 Coccinellidae NOT EVALUATED Coccinellidae 35063 Coccinella NOT EVALUATED Coccinella 1174745 Coccinella septempunctata NOT EVALUATED <i>Coccinella septempunctata</i> Linnaeus, 1758 1242841 Coccinella septempunctata brucki NOT EVALUATED <i>Coccinella septempunctata brucki</i> Mulsant, 1866 1280764 Coccinella septempunctata septempunctata NOT EVALUATED <i>Coccinella <i>septempunctata</i> septempunctata</i> Linnaeus, 1758 Portland State University, MA Education 7 klans BA Physics - Johns Hopkins University MS Education - Johns Hopkins University ME Engineering Physics - University of Virginia 10 peter Ph.D., University of Bristol (1976) D.Sc., Queen's University, Belfast (1990) 11 paddy 2286 terryerwin Asst. 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(1976). Occurrence of the fresh-water Bryozoan, Cristatella mucedo Cuvier, in British Columbia. Syesis, 9, 365-366. Smyth, Thomas and Reynolds, Julian D. (1995). Survival ability of statoblasts of freshwater Bryozoa found in Renvyle Lough, County Galway. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 95B (1), 65-68. Wickenberg, Maria and Reynolds, Julian D. (2002). A recent Irish record of the woodlouse Acaeroplastes melanurus (Budde-Lund, 1885) (Isopoda: Porcellionidae), considered to be extinct in the British Isles. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society, 26, 60-63. 39544 jrynolds Affiliated with EOL Species Pages Group 39552 lshapiro I am a PhD candidate in the Dept. of Entomology at the University of Georgia. I have published on erotylids (e.g. Robertson et al. 2004. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Pleasing Fungus Beetles: Evolution of color patt4erns, gragariousness, and mycophagy. Syst. Ent. 29: 173-187) and Cerylonid Series taxa (e.g. Robertson et al. 2008. Searching for natural lineages within the Cerylonid Series. Mol. Phy. Evol. 46: 193-205). I am a member of the Coleopterists Society. 39612 erotylid Curator of marine invertebrates, National Museums Northern Ireland (Ulster Museum) Author Sponges of the British Isles - A colour guide and working document, 1992 Edition. Ackers, R.G., Moss, D. & Picton, B. E. 1992. Marine Conservation Society, UK. Revised and extended, 2007, Bernard Picton, Christine Morrow & Rob van Soest. PDf and website 40160 BernardPicton 0 83 0