A Bristly Ladybird on a pale canvas background

A nice Bristly Ladybird (Rhyzobius lophanthae) tapped out of an ornamental juniper in Upshire, Essex a couple of days ago. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds #InconspicuousLadybirds

Two 7-spot Ladybirds with a tiny Red-flanked Ladybird between them, all sitting on a pale canvas background

A Red-flanked Ladybird (Scymnus interruptus) flanked by a pair of much larger 7-spot Ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata), all tapped out of a Euonymus shrub in my Waltham Abbey garden a couple of days ago. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds #InconspicuousLadybirds

Meadow Ladybird on pale canvas background

Meadow Ladybird on pale canvas background

Meadow Ladybird on pale canvas background

Meadow Ladybird on pale canvas background

I have tapped Meadow Ladybird (Rhyzobius litura) out of a Euonymus shrub in my Waltham Abbey garden on 27th July and 8th, 10th and 24th August this year. This is an unusual amount but looking at the four photos I suspect only one individual might be involved. #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

A tiny Horseshoe Ladybird on the underside of a Greater Celandine leaf.

Returned to a car park in Waltham Abbey, Essex today to search more Greater Celandine plants and found another Horseshoe Ladybird (Clitostethus arcuatus) on the underside of a leaf. #InconspicuousLadybirds #EssexWildlife

Bristly Ladybird

Bristly Ladybird

Bristly Ladybird

Bristly Ladybird

Found six Bristly Ladybirds (Rhyzobius lophanthae) in an ornamental juniper in a garden in Upshire, Essex today. #UKLadybirds #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

A small orange-red ladybird in a plastic viewing pot

A small orange-red ladybird in a plastic viewing pot

I was out with the Wildlife Explorers group at RSPB Pulborough Brooks, looking for invertebrates and one of the children found this fab little thing! I think it’s my first ever Meadow Ladybird (Rhyzobius litura), which would be number 8️⃣ for my #LadybirdYearList🤞

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10-spot Ladybird, a red and black oval beetle alongside a smaller brown and black Arboreal Ladybird on a pale canvas background.

A 10-spot Ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) and Arboreal Ladybird (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides) tapped out of oak at Sewardstone, Essex a couple of days ago. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds #InconspicuousLadybirds

Arboreal Ladybird: small brown beetle with black markings on pale plastic tray

Arboreal Ladybird: small brown beetle on pale tray

Arboreal Ladybird: small brown beetle with dark markings on pale plastic tray.

Hedge in car park with back of blue car to one side.

Very pleased to find an Arboreal Ladybird (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides) in Staffordshire VC39 today. A few quick taps of Cotoneaster next to my car at Stafford Services M6 (South) did the trick. #InconspicuousLadybirds #MicroLadybirds #StaffordshireWildlife

24-spot (red with black spots) and 22-spot (yellow with black spots) Ladybirds on canvas background

14-spot Ladybird: pale yellow with black spots and lines on canvas background

Bristly Ladybird: small black hairy ladybird on canvas background.

Arboreal Ladybird: small brown ladybird on canvas background.

Five species of ladybird seen in an Upshire garden today: 24-spot and 22-spot Ladybirds in Euonymus, 14-spot Ladybird in Weigela and Bristly and Arboreal Ladybirds in Firethorn. #EssexWildlife #MicroLadybirds #InconspicuousLadybirds

Arboreal Ladybird: small brown beetle on pale canvas background.

An Arboreal Ladybird (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides) tapped out of a Euonymus shrub in Upshire, Essex today. #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

Oak Ladybird: tiny black beetle with orange front and legs on pale canvas background.

Oak Ladybird: tiny black beetle on canvas background

Oak Ladybird: underside of black oval beetle with orangey legs on canvas background.

Oak tree in front of small copse with grassy meadow in foreground.

#LadybirdYearList Species #24 A male Oak Ladybird (Scymnus auritus) tapped out of an oak tree at Fishers Green, Essex yesterday. I hadn't found any in this tree for a few years now, although it was the location of many of my first sightings. #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

Spotted Marsh Ladybird: elongate orange beetle with black markings in clear plastic tray.

#LadybirdYearList Species #22: A Spotted Marsh Ladybird (Coccidula scutellata) at Coombe Valley CP, Sussex with @mammalmark.bsky.social a couple of days ago. #SussexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

Meadow Ladybird: brown oval beetle in grey tray.

Meadow Ladybird: brown oval beetle in grey tray.

Meadow Ladybird: brown oval beetle in grey tray.

Grassy bank with trees in background

Two Meadow Ladybirds (Rhyzobius litura) sweep from a grassy bank at Town Mead, Waltham Abbey, Essex earlier this week. #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

An Ivy Ladybird: a tiny oval black hairy beetle with four red spots on a white canvas background.

An Ivy Ladybird (Nephus quadrimaculatus) tapped out of ivy in Waltham Abbey, Essex yesterday. #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

Red-flanked Ladybird: a tiny black beetle with red triangular side patches and orange legs.

A Red-flanked Ladybird (Scymnus interruptus) tapped out of a Euonymus shrub in my Waltham Abbey garden, Essex yesterday. #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

Orange Ladybird with white spots and a tiny brown Horseshoe Ladybird on its back.

An Orange Ladybird with white spots next to two tiny brown Horseshoe Ladybirds.

Five large Orange Ladybirds with white spots and three tiny brown Arboreal Ladybirds

Five large Orange Ladybirds with white spots and two small brown Arboreal Ladybirds.

Plenty of Orange Ladybirds tapped out of ivy at Fishers Green, Essex yesterday, alongside two Horseshoe Ladybirds (Clitostethus arcuatus) and three Arboreal Ladybirds (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides). #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

Three Conifer Ladybirds, very small with brown and black markings alongside a much larger red ladybird with black spots on a pale fabric tray.

Three Conifer Ladybirds (Scymnus suturalis) tapped out of a pine tree alongside a Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) at Fishers Green, Essex yesterday. #EssexWildlife #LeeValleyWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

A group of four ladybirds: one large and red with black spots, one medium sizes and yellow, one small and brown and one tiny and black and red.

Single 22-spot (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata), 7-spot (Coccinella septempunctata), Red-flanked (Scymnus interruptus) and Arboreal (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides) Ladybirds all tapped out of the same Euonymus shrub in my Waltham Abbey garden yesterday. #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds #UKLadybirds

Red-flanked Ladybird: tiny black beetle with red side patches on pale canvas background.

Red-flanked Ladybird: a tiny black beetle with red side patches on a white canvas background.

Red-flanked and Arboreal Ladybirds: one small and brown and black, the other even smaller and black and red.

A Euonymus shrub, round with silvery edges leaves in an untidy flower bed with a hedge and house in the background.

#LadybirdYearList Species #14: Red-flanked Ladybird (Scymnus interruptus) tapped out of a Euonymus shrub in my Waltham Abbey garden today, alongside an Arboreal Ladybird (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides). #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

A 22-spot Ladybird: bright yellow with black spots alongside an Arboreal Ladybird: small, brown with black markings on a pale fabric background.

A 22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) alongside an Arboreal Ladybird (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides), both tapped out of a Euonymus shrub in my Waltham Abbey garden today. #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

Ivy Ladybird: a tiny black oval-shaped beetle with four red spots walking on a plain grey background

Ivy Ladybird

Ivy Ladybird

Ivy Ladybird habitat: an ivy covered tree trunk in front of brick wall also with ivy growing on it.

#LadybirdYearList Species #13: an Ivy Ladybird (Nephus quadrimaculatus) tapped out of ivy growing on a tree trunk in Abbey Gardens, Waltham Abbey, Essex today. #InconspicuousLadybirds #EssexWildlife

Meadow Ladybird: A small brown oval species, slightly hairy sitting on a pale background.

A Meadow Ladybird: a small brown oval species on a pale background.

Two Meadow Ladybirds on a pale plastic tray.

A large heap of mown hay heaped up in the corner of a wild flower meadow from which two Meadow Ladybirds were found.

#LadybirdYearList Species #10: Two Meadow Ladybirds (Rhyzobius litura) shaken out of a heap of hay cuttings piled up in a corner of a wild flower meadow at Fishers Green, Essex this morning. #InconspicuousLadybirds #LeeValleyWildlife #EssexWildlife

Arboreal Ladybird, a small brown and black beetle.

Arboreal Ladybird a small brown and black species

An Arboreal Ladybird, a small brown and black beetle.

An Orange Ladybird, an oval shaped beetle , orange with white spots.

A couple of hours looking for ladybirds at RSPB Rye Meads, Hertfordshire today with @corvidcrazychap.bsky.social produced six Arboreal Ladybirds (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides) in Yew and Firethorn and one Orange Ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata) in ivy. #HertsWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

A Cream-streaked Ladybird, large, red with black spots and an Arboreal Ladybird, smaller and brown and black on a clear background.

#LadybirdYearList Species #9: A Cream-streaked Ladybird (Harmonia quadripunctata) tapped out of a pine tree in Upshire, Essex today, alongside an Arboreal Ladybird (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides). #InconspicuousLadybirds #EssexWildlife

A Conifer Ladybird, a tiny chestnut and black beetle on a pale canvas background.

#LadybirdYearList Species #8: A Conifer Ladybird (Scymnus suturalis) tapped out of a pine tree at Warren Hill, Suffolk yesterday. #BrecklandWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

A Bristly Ladybird, a tiny black hairy species with a plum-brown front, on a pale canvas background.

#LadybirdYearList Species #5: A Bristly Ladybird (Rhyzobius lophanthae) tapped out of an ornamental juniper in an Upshire garden, Essex today. #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

A Red-rumped Ladybird, a tiny black species with a red head and red tips to the wing cases, on a pale partly transparent tray.

#LadybirdYearList Species #4: A Red-rumped Ladybird (Scymnus haemorrhoidalis) tapped out of a Euonymus shrub in an Upshire garden, Essex today. A nice surprise as this is a species I do not see every year. #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

An Arboreal Ladybird, a small brown and black ladybird on a pale canvas background.

#LadybirdYearList Species 2: An Arboreal Ladybird (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides) tapped out of ivy at Fishers Green, Essex today. Blurry photo taken in windy conditions just before the rain arrived! #EssexWildlife #LeeValleyWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

A 7-spot Ladybird, large, red with black spots and an Arboreal Ladybird, much smaller and brown, both on a pale canvas background.

A 7-spot Ladybird alongside an Arboreal Ladybird (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides), both tapped out of a cotoneaster in an Upshire garden, Essex today. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds #InconspicuousLadybirds

A Bristly Ladybird, a tiny species, mostly black with a brownish front and long bristles along the sides.

A Bristly Ladybird (Rhyzobius lophanthae) tapped out of an ornamental juniper in a garden in Upshire, Essex today. The distinctive bristles are clearly visible along the wing case sides. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds #InconspicuousLadybirds