2-spot Ladybird

The photograph below shows the normal 2-spot ladybird as you would normally expect to see it....

2-spot Ladybird, black patterned variation

There are many variations in the colouration of the 2-spot ladybird. The next few photographs, which were all taken at Peartree Green, Woolston, show some of them.

2-spot Ladybird dark

This is a very dark variation

2-spot Ladybirds mating

Both of these ladybirds are red with black spots, but note the strange shape of the spots on the male (the one on top!!)

2-spot Ladybird...melanic

This is the variation most often encountered... beware of confusion with other red-on-black ladybirds which are shown further down the list...the 10-spot melanic, the heather, kidney-spot and pine ladybirds.

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© Peter Burford