14-spot Ladybird, a creamy-yellow ladybird with dark spots and markings

A pair of 7-spot Ladybirds, mating, on a green shrub

Another addition to my #LadybirdYearList today:

10. 14-spot Ladybird

knocked from Viburnum in my #Northumberland garden, somewhat earlier than previous years. Quite an abundance of 7-spot ladybirds the last few days, too - around 30 seen yesterday at a nearby Nature Reserve
#NELadybirdSpot

Two Conifer Ladybirds, small brown oval shaped beetles, on a pale canvas background.

#LadybirdYearList Species #14: A couple of Conifer Ladybirds (Scymnus suturalis) tapped from a pine tree in Upshire, Essex today. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

Kidney-spot Ladybird, a small black beetle with a red blotch on each elytrum

Kidney-spot Ladybird side view, a small black beetle with a red blotch on the elytrum

Larch Ladybird, a pale orange-red ladybird with darker central band

A cluster of 4 7-spot ladybirds in Ivy

Lots of ladybirds about this weekend, as Spring took hold in #Northumberland. Dozens of 7-spot & a few active Harlequins, too. Nice to find my 3rd Larch Ladybird of the year, and to add:

9. Kidney-spot Ladybird

to my #LadybirdYearList, back on their favourite shrub in my garden! #NELadybirdSpot

16-spot Ladybird: a straw coloured beetle with black spots and wavy lines sitting on a pale plastic tray.

#LadybirdYearList Species #13: a 16-spot Ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) swept from pondside vegetation at Fishers Green in the Lee Valley today. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

Red Marsh Ladybird: small narrow rufous coloured beetle with long antennae on a pale plastic background.

#LadybirdYearList Species #12: a Red Marsh Ladybird (Coccidula rufa) swept from tall pond side vegetation at Cornmill Meadows in the Lee Valley today. Surprisingly I did not see this common species last year, so pleased to catch up with it early this year. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

Rather rough looking Eyed Ladybird, a red beetle with black spots each faintly ringed with yellow

Rear view of a hibernating Eyed Ladybird, a red beetle with black spots each faintly ringed with yellow, next to a smaller Orange Ladybird with white spots

Side view of a strange-looking Orange ladybird, with small black spots and faint paler markings

Dorsal view of a strange-looking Orange ladybird, with small black spots and faint paler markings

Short scan of gravestones at Cowpen cemetery in Blyth, #Northumberland today resulting in an addition to my #LadybirdYearList:

8. Eyed Ladybird

First time at this location for me. Also this odd-looking specimen. I guess it’s an aberrant Orange Ladybird, but never seen any as peculiar as this.

Hardly been out with the camera so far this year 🌧🌧🌧 The sun came out today for a bit though 😃📸 and I'm off to a start with my #ladybirdyearlist 🐞

1️⃣ Propylea quatourdecimpunctata (14 spot ladybird)

#ukladybirds #ukwildlife #macrophotography

Conveyor belt of deluges this pm… found Coccidula rufa (Red Marsh Ladybird), Rhyzobius chrysomeloides (Arboreal Ladybird), Scymnus suturalis (Conifer Ladybird) and new for my #LadybirdYearList Anatis ocellata (Eyed Ladybird) amongst others! #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird

Rather late to the party with this one! New for my #LadybirdYearList Halyzia sedecimguttata (Orange Ladybird) from north Shropshire today #VC40Ladybirds

A black ladybird with red spots on a white stone surface with green lichen.

It feels like a slow start to my
2026 #LadybirdYearList! 🐞

2️⃣ Heather Ladybird (Chilocorus bipustulatus) in a nearby churchyard.

It was in such an awkward place for a photo on the underside of a gravestone - but well protected from the seemingly incessant rain. Good job! ☔️

#UKLadybirds

Meadow Ladybird: small brown beetle on pale plastic background.

Meadow Ladybird: small brown beetle on pale plastic background

Meadow Ladybird with head and legs tucked in sitting on pale plastic background

Area of tall rough vegetation with trees in the background.

#LadybirdYearList Species #11: a single Meadow Ladybird (Rhyzobius litura) tapped from seed heads at Gunpowder Park, Sewardstone this morning. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

It was lovely to find 4 adorable Clitostethus arcuatus (Horseshoe Ladybird) this afternoon in east Shropshire! New for my #LadybirdYearList 🥰 #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird

10-spot Ladybird: orangey small oval beetle with faint dark spots on pale canvas background.

10-spot Ladybird on pale canvas background

10-spot Ladybird on pale canvas background

Pine trees in small copse in open grassy field.

#LadybirdYearList Species #10: a single 10-spot Ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) tapped out of a pine tree in Upshire this afternoon. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

24-spot Ladybird on pale canvas background

24-spot Ladybird on pale canvas background

24-spot Ladybird alongside a larger 7-spot Ladybird on a pale canvas background

Grassy field with dead stems of Common Fleabane surrounded by mature trees.

#LadybirdYearList Species #9: a single 24-spot Ladybird (Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata) tapped out of Common Fleabane seed heads alongside a 7-spot Ladybird in Waltham Abbey this afternoon. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

Pine Ladybird: black with red spots, sitting on pale canvas background.

Pine Ladybird sitting on a pale canvas background.

Pine, Arboreal and 7-spot Ladybirds on a pale canvas background.

Yew tree in area of open woodland.

#LadybirdYearList Species #8: a single Pine Ladybird (Exochomus quadripustulatus) tapped out of a Yew tree at Fishers Green today, alongside the ubiquitous 7-spot and Arboreal Ladybirds. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

Larch Ladybird, a small orange-brown ladybird with dark stripe along the edge of the elytra

Back end of a 2-spot ladybird, a red ladybird with dark spots

A couple more species today for the #LadyBirdYearList, including a surprising lifer:

6. Larch Ladybird - a first for me. What a cracking, tiny thing!

7. 2-spot Ladybird

Both found in churchyards while I was out on my bike in #Northumberland

Face on view of an Orange Ladybird on plain background

Orange Ladybird, orange oval beetle with white spots.

Orange Ladybird

Ivy covered tree trunks in shady area of woodland

#LadybirdYearList Species #7: a single Orange Ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata) tapped out of ivy at Fishers Green today. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

Back to being rather chilly, after a mild couple of days! Today's lunchtime mooch produced another new species for my #LadybirdYearList, Scymnus suturalis (Conifer Ladybird) #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird

Quick lunchtime mooch before the rain arrives, produced a single Anisosticta 19-punctata (Water Ladybird) from a Bulrush sheaf (replaced carefully afterwards!), new for my #LadybirdYearList. #VC40Ladybirds

Two Arboreal Ladybirds: small brown and black beetles sitting on a pale canvas background.

#LadybirdYearList Species #6: a couple of Arboreal Ladybirds (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides) tapped out of a Euonymus shrub in my Waltham Abbey garden today. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

A couple more Red-rumped Ladybirds (Scymnus haemorrhoidalis) at lunchtime today, one with 16-spot and 22-spot, plus new for my #LadybirdYearList, Nephus redtenbacheri (Red-patched Ladybird). #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird

Bristly Ladybird: a tiny beetle with black wing cases and a plum-coloured front sitting on a pale clear background.

#LadybirdYearList Species #5: a single Bristly Ladybird (Rhyzobius lophanthae) tapped out of an ornamental juniper in an Upshire garden today. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

Thrilled to have a new garden tick this morning, with Scymnus interruptus (Red-flanked Ladybird), then a couple more for my #LadybirdYearList with Propylea 14-punctata (14-spot Ladybird) and Scymnus haemorrhoidalis (Red-rumped Ladybird) at lunchtime. #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird

Cream-spot Ladybird: maroon brown oval shaped beetle with white spots sitting on pale canvas background.

#LadybirdYearList Species #4: a single Cream-spot Ladybird (Calvia quatuordecimguttata) tapped out of gorse at Fishers Green today. Always pleased to catch up with this species, not rare but rarely common and my sightings are always rather random. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

And new for my #LadybirdYearList are Subcoccinella 24-punctata (24-spot Ladybird), Adalia bipunctata (2-spot Ladybird), Rhyzobius chrysomeloides (Arboreal Ladybird), and just a few Coccidula rufa (Red Marsh Ladybird) 😂 #MicroLadybird

Harlequin Ladybird: red with black spots, sitting on a pale canvas background.

#LadybirdYearList Species #3: a single Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) tapped out of a Euonymus shrub in my Waltham Abbey garden today. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

A red ladybird with black spots hibernating in an old gorse seed pod. The pod is open and the ladybird is resting upside-down and headfirst inside

Up and running with my 2026
#LadybirdYearList! 🐞

1️⃣ 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on my local heathland.

What a great place for an over-winter snooze!

#UKLadybirds

22-spot Ladybird: a yellow oval beetle with black spots on a pale canvas background.

#LadybirdYearList Species #2: a single 22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) tapped out of a Euonymus shrub in an Upshire garden today. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

Cream-spot Ladybird, a chestnut brown ladybird with white spots

Four Orange Ladybirds, orange beetles with white spots

A 10-spot ladybird of the guttopunctata form, brownish-red with white blotches, hiding behind two Orange Ladybirds

Here we go. Another year, another #LadybirdYearList. First stop, Saint Mary’s churchyard in Morpeth, my “home patch”. Quite low totals, but 5 species:

1. 7-spot Ladybird (x6)
2. Harlequin Ladybird (x9)
3. Cream-spot Ladybird (x2)
4. Orange Ladybird (x62)
5. 10-spot Ladybird (x1)

#NELadybirdSpot

A summary of my 2025 #LadybirdYearList:

UK, 14 species:
Orange
7-spot
Cream-spot
10-spot
Cream-streaked
Harlequin
2-spot
Eyed
18-spot
Pine
14-spot
Kidney-spot
Rhyzobius litura *new
11-spot *new

Spain, 3 species:
Adonis
7-spot
Bryony