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__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Beetles 29 – Adonis Ladybirds

 

 

 

A close up of a flower

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ADONIS LADYBIRD Hippodamia variegata

 

A picture containing animal, sitting, small, bird

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ADONIS LADYBIRD Hippodamia variegata

 

A picture containing sitting, small, green, cake

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ADONIS LADYBIRD Hippodamia variegata

 

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ADONIS LADYBIRD Hippodamia variegata

 

·         The Adonis (or Adonis’s) Ladybird Hippodamia variegata is usually encountered as a sporadically occurring immigrant in the British Isles. The shape and the pronotal markings are distinctive. These beetles are highly mobile!

 

·         David’s short film of an Adonis Ladybird illustrates the peripatetic nature of this species: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG8pNkaZRY0&list=PL4AirIEc0Noe58JDbuPk8N57rTJFjm66E&index=26&t=0s.

 

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