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
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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
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)
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Eyed Ladybird - a red ladybird with yellow-ringed black spots
Two-spot ladybird, a small red ladybird with a black spot
Cream-spot ladybird, a chestnut brown ladybird with white spots
Six Orange ladybirds on a gravestone
Nice variety of ladybirds at St Mary’s church in Morpeth, #Northumberland this afternoon. Not huge numbers, but 6 species and my first Eyed Ladybird here for a couple of years. All in all, 1x 2-spot, 6x 7-spot, 2x Cream Spot, 5x Harlequin, 39x Orange, 1x Eyed. #NELadybirdSpot
11-spot ladybird, a slightly elongated red ladybird with black spots that have a faint pale ring.
Back to the graveyards now for winter ladybirds! 😂 And another surprise lifer today in Bothal churchyard, #Northumberland, taking my #ladybirdyearlist to:
21. 11-spot ladybird, Coccinella undecimpunctata
A cracking little ladybird, with hints of “eyes” to the spots.
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Rhyzobius litura, a small orange ladybird with dark markings and paler hairs/scales
An unexpected addition to the #LadybirdYearList today and a new species for me:
20. Rhyzobius litura
in the garden waste bin (finally!).
Also my 15th species for the #NEladybirdspot 😀 #Northumberland
Cream-spot ladybird, front view. A chestnut-brown ladybird with creamy white spots
10-spot ladybird, a pale orange-red ladybird with faint black spots and distinctive white pronotum
14-spot ladybird, a small yellow ladybird with black spots and lines
Orange Ladybird, an orange coloured ladybird with white spots
Nothing new today, but a notable garden count of species found in my #Northumberland garden at lunch time:
3x 7-spot
2x 10-spot
2x Cream-spot
1x 14 spot
And an Orange Ladybird on the moth trap earlier, too.
#NEladybirdspot
Eyed Ladybird on a gravestone
18-spot ladybird on a gravestone
Cream-streaked ladybird on the end of my finger!
Pine Ladybird on a gravestone
Very productive visit to local Ladybird Mecca, Jesmond Cemetery! Three additions to my #LadybirdYearList, but some entirely new species for me in VC67
8. Eyed Ladybird
9. 18-spot Ladybird (new for UK for me)
10. Pine Ladybird
Cream-streaked also new for me in #Northumberland.
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70 Orange Ladybirds on a gravestone
25 Orange Ladybirds on a gravestone
Close up of 14 Orange Ladybirds on a gravestone
5 Harlequin and 35 Orange Ladybirds on a gravestone
Just some of the 810 Orange Ladybirds at Cowpen cemetery in Blyth, #Northumberland today. #NELadybirdSpot 🌿
Cream-spot Ladybird
Seven Orange Ladybird and a 10-spot
Dusk visit to St Mary’s church, Morpeth, #Northumberland gave better results.
2. 7-spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata (x3)
3. Cream-spot Ladybird, Calvia quatuordecimguttata (x1)
4. 10-spot Ladybird, Adalia decempunctata (x2)
Plus c.220 Orange Ladybird
#LadybirdYearList #NELadybirdSpot
Orange Ladybird on a gravestone
Up-and-running for my #LadybirdYearList… one individual of one species at Bothal Churchyard #Northumberland today…
1. Orange Ladybird, Halyzia sedecimguttata
And my first 2025 record for the #NELadybirdSpot. Off we go 🐞
Nice to see some large gatherings of #ladybirds forming again in the local cemetery. Just Cream-spot, Orange, Harlequin, Pine and 2-spot, for now! #NELadybirdSpot 🐞
Had a magical time ladybirding on today's @NEE_Naturalist walk at the fabulous @Hepple_Spirits. We found loads, including Heather, Eyed, Larch & Red Marsh! 🔎🐞 #NELadybirdSpot #ladybirds
A little less colourful but Pine Scymnus (Scymnus suturalis) at #15 on the #LadybirdYearList. One of eight on an isolated Scots Pine growing along a field margin #NELadybirdSpot 🐞
Nice to see these two side by side today at Havannah Nature Reserve. Striped Ladybird (Myzia oblongoguttata) and 7-spot (Coccinella septempunctata) basking on a cone. #NELadybirdSpot #ladybirds🐞
A few lunch break ladybirds from yesterday in Newcastle. 2-spot, Cream-spot, Orange, and 18-spot #Ladybirds alongside plenty of Harlequin, Pine & 10-spot (not pictured). #NELadybirdSpot 🐞
A few goodies today from Jesmond Old Cemetery with @JesmondOf. Lots of fab records for the #NELadybirdSpot too! @NEE_Naturalist 🐞🔍
A lovely Water Ladybird (Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata) found yesterday at Moo Pond, Prudhoe. Still one of my favourites... #ladybirds #NELadybirdSpot 🐞
A few more lunchbreak #ladybirds today with a gaggle of lovely Orange Ladybirds (Halyzia sedecimguttata) in a local cemetery. Lovely things! 😍 🐞 #NELadybirdSpot #biologicalrecording
A lovely morning for today's @NEE_Naturalist Water Ladybird survey! Great to be joined by a combination of NHSN members, local students and @NE_Northumbria staff. We found 10 in total! #NELadybirdSpot #ladybirds 🐞
A loveliness of Orange Ladybirds (Halyzia sedecimguttata) from today's cemetery ramble. The first 'big group' of them I've seen this winter, lovely things. #ladybirds #NELadybirdSpot 🐞
A few lunch break #ladybirds from a walk in my local cemetery. Orange, Cream-spot, 10-Spot, and 2-Spot all hanging out on headstones. @NEE_Naturalist #NELadybirdSpot
Big up the spotty ones! Super excited to be helping the fab folk at @UKLadybirds by verifying ladybird records in Northumberland and Durham. Looking forward to seeing everyone's great finds! #NELadybirdSpot🐞
Enjoyed rummaging around in my local cemetery today with colleagues from @NEE_Naturalist! As well as the dodgy, unidentified thing, we also spotted a single 18-Spot Ladybird. A nice #NELadybirdSpot sighting! 🐞
Think he's caught the bug. @Mattdw3 did well finding this Adonis' Ladybird (Hippodamia variegata) on a pine today at QEII Country Park, Ashington. #ladybirds #NELadybirdSpot
A little round-up of a fortnight's worth of ladybird sightings...
There has certainly been lots to see and plenty to submit to @NEE_Naturalist's #NELadybirdSpot - still ongoing by the way!
Take a look ⤵️🐞
https://dir.lat/yvR0az #ladybirds...
A prized find by @Mattdw3 in the grotty alley behind our local Sainsbury's today: Striped Ladybird (Myzia oblongoguttata). Think they're following us now... #ladybirds #NELadybirdSpot 🐞
One of nine 18-Spot Ladybirds found yesterday on the lower branches of an ornamental pine. Not one I see very often! #ladybirds #NELadybirdSpot🐞
And a ladybird highlight from today's wander in Newcastle: Cream-streaked Ladybird (Harmonia quadripunctata). Only my fourth locally. #ladybirds #NELadybirdSpot🐞
Ladybird of the day? Great to see this lovely Striped Ladybird (Myzia oblongoguttata) on today's walk at Newburn. Always worth a brief pause to scrutinise pines! #ladybirds #NELadybirdSpot 🐞
