Cream-spot Ladybirds.

10-spot Ladybirds.

2-spot Ladybirds.

Harlequin Ladybirds.

Collection of mating ladybirds from yesterday’s visit to Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Lots of aphids under sycamore trees. #ladybirds #spring #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Brindled Pug.

Male Early Reveller (Diurnea fagella).

Eyed Ladybird.

Buchananiella continua.

Some of yesterday’s records from Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh: Brindled Pug, male Early Reveller (Diurnea fagella), Eyed Ladybird & Buchananiella continua. #moths #ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Platybunus pinetorum.

Megabunus diadema.

Hawthorn Shieldbug.

Brachypterous female Ectopsocus petersi.

Wiston Churchyard, Lanarkshire (2/2): … Platybunus pinetorum, Megabunus diadema, Hawthorn Shieldbug & female Ectopsocus petersi. #harvestmen #shieldbugs #barkflies #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Hieroglyphic Ladybird.

Trypodendron domesticum.

Female Dotted Border.

Records from Wiston Churchyard, Lanarkshire, visited on 21 March (1/2). Highlights: Hieroglyphic Ladybird & Trypodendron domesticum. Some other decent records too, including female Dotted Border … #ladybirds #beetles #moths
#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Mating between Harlequin & 2-spot Ladybirds.

Mating between Larch & Cream-streaked Ladybirds.

Mating between Larch & Cream-streaked Ladybirds (same pair as in previous photo).

Mating between 2-spot & Cream-spot Ladybirds.

Harlequin attempting to mate with 2-spot Ladybirds found yesterday in Saughton Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Previously I’ve found attempted matings between Larch & Cream-streaked Ladybirds & between 2-spot & Cream-spot Ladybirds. #InterspecificMating #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

2-spot Ladybird.

10-spot Ladybird.

Harlequin, Cream-spot & Orange Ladybirds.

Hairy Shieldbug.

Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh, part 2/2: 2-spot, 10-spot, Harlequin, Cream-spot & Orange Ladybirds, plus Hairy Shieldbug. #ladybirds #hairyshieldbug #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Striped Ladybird.

18-spot Ladybirds.

Eyed Ladybird.

Larch Ladybird.

Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh, this morning, part 1/2: Striped, 18-spot, Eyed & Larch Ladybirds. #ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Palloptera scutellata.

Platybunus pinetorum.

Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis.

Buff Footman caterpillar & Larch Ladybird.

Colinton Cemetery, #Edinburgh, Part 2: Palloptera scutellata, Platybunus pinetorum, Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis. Buff Footman caterpillar & Larch Ladybird. #diptera #harvestmen #barkflies #moths #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

2-spot, Larch, 10-spot & Eyed Ladybirds.

Pine & 7-spot Ladybirds.

Juniper Shieldbug.

Bronze Shieldbug.

Some of today’s arthropod records from Colinton Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Part 1: 2-spot, Larch, 10-spot, Eyed, Pine & 7-spot Ladybirds, Juniper & Bronze Shieldbugs. #ladybirds #shieldbugs #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle (Pogonocherus hispidulus) found on gravestone in Cockpen & Carrington Parish Churchyard, Midlothian, on 11 March. New for me. #beetles #cerambycidae #longhornbeetles
#CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Striped Ladybird found yesterday on gravestone under Austrian Pine in Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh. #ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

10-spot Ladybird under an overhang on a gravestone

chequered form of 10-spot Ladybird in a hollow within a gravestone

2-spot Ladybird on a gravestone

Larch Ladybird, among green lichens on a gravestone

An hour in Nellfield Cemetery, Aberdeen, produced the usual dominance of 2-spot Ladybirds, a handful of 10-spots (including a striking chequered form) and the first Larch Ladybird I've seen here.

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Cream-spot Ladybird.

Orange Ladybird.

Harlequin Ladybirds.

… Part 3: Cream-spot, Orange & Harlequin Ladybirds. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

2-spot Ladybird.

7-spot Ladybird.

10-spot Ladybird.

18-spot Ladybird.

… Part 2: 2-spot, 7-spot, 10-spot & 18-spot Ladybirds ... #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Newington Cemetery; many species found under this Austrian pine tree.

Cream-streaked Ladybird.

Eyed Ladybird.

Larch Ladybird.

10 species of #ladybirds found yesterday on gravestones in Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Surprisingly good haul (best of 2026 so far) despite the dreich weather. Part 1: Cream-streaked, Eyed & Larch Ladybirds … #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Hundreds of these tiny Mites hibernating on gravestones at East Preston Street Graveyard, #Edinburgh. Pretty sure only in Edinburgh can you find an extinct volcano in the background! #CemeteryWildlifeWatch

Female Dotted Border.

Male Pale Brindled Beauty.

Female Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis.

Female Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis.

Female Dotted Border, male Pale Brindled Beauty & female Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis from Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh, yesterday. The latter a non-native #barkfly originally from S America; 1st recorded in UK in 2016. #moths #psocodea #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Sphaeriestes castaneus (Salpingidae).

Striped Ladybird (Coccinellidae).

Western Conifer Seed Bug (Coreidae).

Ectopsocus axillaris (Ectopsocidae).

Highlights from Newington Cemetery, Edinburgh, today: Sphaeriestes castaneus (Salpingidae), Striped Ladybird (Coccinellidae), Western Conifer Seed Bug (Coreidae) & Ectopsocus axillaris (Ectopsocidae). #insects #beetles #hemiptera #psocodea #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Rabocerus gabrieli, #Salpingidae, found today in Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Nationally scarce. Small (3-4mm) & active in winter. My 66th record from Edinburgh’s cemeteries (+1 from Perthshire). #beetles #coleoptera #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Orange, Harlequin, Cream-spot & 10-spot Ladybirds. Also a Red-legged Shieldbug nymph.

10-spot, 2-spot, Harlequin & Cream-spot Ladybirds.

Harlequin & 7-spot Ladybirds.

10-spot & Harlequin Ladybirds.

Mixed species clusters of overwintering ladybirds from today’s visit to Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Hoping to learn more about these clusters this winter. #ladybirds #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglussus occidentalis) on gravestone under Austrian Pine in Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh, this afternoon. My 1st record of this non-native bug originally from North America. #Hemiptera #Coreidae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Male Pale Brindled Beauty.

Ocys quinquestriatus.

Cluster of 2-spot, Harlequin, 10-spot & Cream-spot Ladybirds.

2 Buchananiella continua (top) with Anthocoris nemorum.

Highlights from #Edinburgh cemeteries last week: Male Pale Brindled Beauty, Ocys quinquestriatus (nationally scarce), cluster of 2-spot, Harlequin, 10-spot & Cream-spot Ladybirds & Buchananiella continua with Anthocoris nemorum. #insects #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

I was walking home from Grange Cemetery for #CemeteryWildlifeWatch on 2 Jan, must have been bitterly cold on top of Blackford Hill. Photographed from Lover's Lane #Edinburgh

Grypotes puncticollis found today on gravestone under pine in Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh. 3rd Scottish record I think. Associated with pine. #leafhopper #GrypotesPuncticollis #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Neobisium carcinoides.

Phloiophilus edwardsii.

Male Drosophila suzukii.

Balclutha punctata.

Some of yesterday’s records from Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Highlight was Neobisium carcinoides, my 1st #pseudoscorpion on a gravestone. Also #beetle Phloiophilus edwardsii, #fly Drosophila suzukii (male) & #leafhopper Balclutha punctata. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Buchananiella continua.

Peripsocus milleri.

Acericerus heydenii.

Acericerus heydenii.

Yesterday’s records from Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh (VC83) included 3 species 1st recorded in Scotland (as far as I know) as part of #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity: Buchananiella continua, Peripsocus milleri & Acericerus heydenii. #iRecord #insects

Female Mottled Umber.

Cuneopalpus cyanops.

Rabocerus gabrieli.

Mixed cluster of 2-spot, Harlequin, 10-spot and Cream-spot Ladybirds.

Highlights from today’s visit to Grange Cemetery, #Edinburgh: Female Mottled Umber, Cuneopalpus cyanops (a barkfly), Rabocerus gabrieli & several species of ladybirds. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

My 1st ever record of an undescribed species of #Tephrochlamys. ID confirmed. Unlike other members of the genus, this species has a pair of presutural dorsocentral bristles. #Diptera #Heleomyzidae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

Acericerus heydenii.

Cluster of Red-legged Shieldbug nymph, Orange & Harlequin Ladybirds.

Acompocoris alpinus.

Happy New Year! My 1st records for #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity for 2026, all from my local Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh: Acericerus heydenii, cluster of Red-legged Shieldbug nymph, Orange & Harlequin Ladybirds & Acompocoris alpinus. #iRecord #ladybirds

Female Winter Moth.

Peripsocus milleri.

Acericerus heydenii.

7-spot Ladybird.

… part 2: female Winter Moth, Peripsocus milleri, Acericerus heydenii & 7-spot Ladybird. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.