David Element
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___________________________________________________________________________________ Beetles 46 – Water or Nineteen-spot Ladybirds
WATER
OR NINETEEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata
WATER
OR NINETEEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata
WATER
OR NINETEEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata
WATER
OR NINETEEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata
WATER OR NINETEEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata
WATER
or NINETEEN-SPOT LADYBIRD Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata
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The
Water, or Nineteen-spot Ladybird Anisosticta
novemdecimpunctata, is a particularly
attractive, oval-shaped beetle strongly associated with wetland habitats, in
which (unsurprisingly) its presence may be easily overlooked unless the leaves
and stems of reeds and rushes are examined – the ladybirds seem to enjoy
basking in sunlight. The ground colour of this aphidophagous
species in winter is buffish during a period of
relative inactivity, but the warning colouration becomes more pronounced during
the late spring and summer, presumably in response to a greater risk from
predatory birds. There may be variation in the number of spots, and there may
be some fusion of these markings. In the UK this species is absent from
Scotland, Ireland and the extreme South West.
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