Ladybug Larva consuming aphids, Heesch, the Netherlands

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Bexicles

Bullet Ant

I was having a look and is this a coccinella septempunctata larvae? (seven-spot lady bird) was having a look and they vary in shade but they have the same number of band thingies behind the rear leg as the one in your photo (i could be totally on the wrong track though)
http://www.wildlifeinsight.com/Insight/?p=4488#
Posted 11 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, that reasoning makes sense. Posted 11 years ago

WildFlower

Lion

Ladybug larvae eat aphids, not leaves. Posted 11 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Really? Did not know they do that in the larvae stage already. Posted 11 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    Both the adults and the larvae are voracious predators of aphids... Posted 11 years ago

The Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata is the most common ladybird in Europe. Its elytra are of a red colour, but punctuated with three black spots each, with one further spot being spread over the junction of the two, making a total of seven spots, from which the species derives both its common and scientific names.

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Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Ferdy Christant

Uploaded May 24, 2014. Captured May 16, 2014 15:54.

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