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Anyone know why they chill out in big piles?This is one cluster among millions of ladybugs in the Forest of Nisene Marks.
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an exceedingly uncommon 13-spot ladybird seen on a bramble leaf at the side of a footpath at Pebsham next to the flooded meadows.This is a significant find!
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an exceedingly uncommon 13-spot ladybird seen on a bramble leaf at the side of a footpath at Pebsham next to the flooded meadows.This is a significant find!
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L: 4.5-5.5 mmbiology: feeds on aphids,/ ernhrt sich von Blattlusen (auf Staudenpflanzen , z.B. Brennnesseln)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: Hippodamia CHEVROLAT in Dejean, 1837Subgenus: Semiadalia CROTCH, 1874Hippodamia notata LAICHARTING, 1781 (hill-lady beetle, Berg-Marienkfer)SE-Germany, Bavaria, vic. Regensburg, 25.07.2011 IMG_4055
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a pair of Adonis Ladybirds - Hippodamia variegata - seen mating on a cow parsley flower atop the sea wall at Pett Level
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Orinda, California, United States
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New Mexico, United States
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New Mexico, United States
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Lajares, Islas Canarias, Espaa
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on the left is an Adonis Ladybird - Hippodamia variegata - and on the right a 7-spot ladybird - Coccinella septempunctata - on a flower of cow parsley atop the sea wall at Pett Level
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Oakland, California, United States
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Benetusser, Valencia, Spain
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New Mexico, United States
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New Mexico, United States
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New Mexico, United States
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Oakland, California, United States
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Not sure how she dented her elytra, but it didn't seem to be causing her any distress.
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