David Element
Wildlife
Photography and Digital Video Images
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Beetles 1 – Seven-spot
Ladybirds
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Coccinella septempunctata
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Coccinella septempunctata
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Coccinella septempunctata
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Coccinella septempunctata
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Coccinella septempunctata
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Coccinella septempunctata
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Coccinella septempunctata
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRDS Coccinella septempunctata
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Coccinella septempunctata
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Coccinella septempunctata
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRDS Coccinella septempunctata
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRDS Coccinella septempunctata
SEVEN-SPOT
LADYBIRD Coccinella
septempunctata
- The Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
is arguably the best-known British beetle although some of these
images were obtained in continental Europe. This familiar insect is
subject to little in the way of variation and it is therefore easy to
identify. The arrival of the invasive Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis has had a detrimental effect on
native aphidophagous ladybirds but the
Seven-spot is probably holding its own by comparison with other formerly
common ladybirds (and particularly the Two-spot Adalia
bipunctata and Ten-spot Ladybirds A.
decempunctata).
- David’s short film of
Seven-spot Ladybirds may be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b81ZLaFF81g&list=PL4AirIEc0Noe58JDbuPk8N57rTJFjm66E&index=29&t=0s.
RECOMMENDED
READING:
- 'Ladybirds', Michael E. N.
Majerus, New Naturalist, HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN 000 219934 3 (hardback);
ISBN 000 219935 1 (paperback) - a fascinating read.
- 'Ladybirds', M. E. N. Majerus
& P. W. E. Kearns, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd., 1987
- 'Ladybirds of
Surrey',
Roger D. Hawkins, Surrey Wildlife Trust, 2000. ISBN 0 9526065 5 0 - see: http://www.surreywildlifetrust.co.uk/ for further
information about the Surrey
Wildlife Atlas series.
- 'A Field Guide
in Colour to Beetles', K. W. Harde,
Blitz Editions, 1998. ISBN 1-85605-448-9
- 'Common Ground Beetles', Trevor G. Forsythe
with colour plates by Sophie Allington, Naturalists’ Handbooks 8, The Richmond
Publishing Co. Ltd., 1987. ISBN 0 85546 264 7 (hardback), ISBN 0 85546 263
9 (paperback)
- 'Weevils', M. G. Morris
with illustrations and plates by Miranda Gray, Naturalists’
Handbooks 16, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd., 1991. ISBN 0 85546 282 5 (hardback),
ISBN 0 85546 281 7 (paperback)
- 'The Beetles of
Surrey – a Checklist' Dr Jonty Denton, Surrey Wildlife Trust,
2005. ISBN 0 9526065 8 5.
- 'Water Bugs and
Water Beetles of Surrey' Dr Jonty Denton, Surrey Wildlife Trust
2007 ISBN 978-0-9556188-0-2.
- ‘A comprehensive
guide to Insects of Britain & Ireland’ Paul
D. Brock, Pisces Publications 2014 ISBN 978-1-874357-58-2. Illustrations
of over 2,100 insect species included.
- ‘A photographic guide to Insects of
Southern Europe & the Mediterranean’ Paul
D. Brock, Pisces Publications 2014 ISBN 978-1-874357-58-2.
- ‘Field Guide to
the Ladybirds of Great Britain and Ireland’ Helen Roy and
Peter Brown, illustrated by Richard Lewington, Bloomsbury, 2018. ISBN:
hardback: 978-1-4729-3567-0; paperback: 978-1-4729-3568-7.
RECOMMENDED
WEBSITES:
·
London Ladybird Survey: http://www.ladybird-survey.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/.
·
Fotographie Coleoptera: http://www.koleopterologie.de/gallery/index.html.
·
The Coleopterist: http://www.coleopterist.org.uk/.
·
The
following Google image search: http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=%22claude%20schott%22&hl=en&lr=&safe=active&sa=N&tab=wi gives
direct access to Claude Schott’s French
language Coleoptera web site.
·
http://www.stippen.nl/ is a Dutch Ladybird website
with high quality illustrations of Continental species.
· http://www.coccinellidae.cl/sitios.php is a Chilean Ladybird website with some useful links.
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