L: 5.2-8.0 mmbiology: feeds on aphids & scale insects,/ ernhrt sich von Blattlusen und Schildlusen (Coccoidea)Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (hexapods, Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota, LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Order: Coleoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (beetles, Kfer)Suborder: Polyphaga EMERY, 1886Infraorder: Cucujiformia LAMEERE, 1938Superfamily: Cucujoidea LATREILLE, 1802Family: Coccinellidae LATREILLE, 1807 (ladybird beetles, Marienkfer)Subfamily: Coccinellinae LATREILLE, 1807Tribus: Coccinellini LATREILLE, 1807 (black-spotted lady beetles)Genus: Coccinella LINNAEUS, 1758Subgenus: Coccinella LINNAEUS, 1758Coccinella septempunctata LINNAEUS, 1758 (7-spot Ladybird, Siebenpunkt-Marienkfer)Central Germany, N-Hessen, Kassel: Dnche, ca. 180m asl., 05.07.2011IMG_2521