David Element
Wildlife
Photography and Digital Video Images
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Beetles 9 – Eyed Ladybirds
EYED LADYBIRD Anatis
ocellata
·
The
handsome Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
is the largest British ladybird. This beetle has a strong association with
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris or other coniferous trees and it is
therefore worth looking for on the lower branches (because they can be
reached!) where it may be found feeding on aphids – be warned, these insects
can be very mobile and if surrounded by Pine needles not particularly easy to
photograph either. As is so often the case with ladybirds the ground colour and
the markings of this species are quite variable. The spots on the elytra may
not always be surrounded by pale margins and in the example shown above these
features are present but not very clearly defined.
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