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To find seven spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) today was not at all surprising but they are a very welcome sign of life and they were moving in the sunshine.

#ladybird #insects

A red ladybird sat at an angle between twig and branch, surveying a small clump of moss

LionelB

@lionelb@expressional.social · 3 days ago

To find seven spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) today was not at all surprising but they are a very welcome sign of life and they were moving in the sunshine.

#ladybird #insects

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Sarah Arnold

@sejarnold@beige.party · 7 days ago

Fun surprise this week - this delightful ladybird dropped out of a bush at work while beating some foliage. Having not met one before, I assumed it was a massive Scymnus, but no, it's Rhyzobius forestieri, an introduced species from Australia, just hanging out. Rather exciting!
#Entomology #Ladybird #MicroLadybird

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A microscope image of a small but not tiny ladybird (3mm), black all over on the back, but covered in short pale hairs. This view, zoomed out a bit, shows the slight shininess at the top of the elytra and the fine pale hairs over most of it. The shape is oval but not as elongate as some of the smaller micro-ladybirds.

The same ladybird (3mm long, otherwise black, under a microscope) rolled on to its back, showing that the abdominal sternites are bright orange-red.

A microscope image of a small but not tiny ladybird (3mm), black all over on the back, but covered in short pale hairs. And because it's a bit hairy, it's snagged a few bits of light detritus as well - fibres, bits of crud, that sort of thing. The centre of its elytra are less hairy and lightly punctured.

Sarah Arnold

@sejarnold@beige.party · 7 days ago

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