14-spot Ladybirds mating

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Joost Thissen

Lion

Good find! Too bad they are not very sharp.

Strange that according to the wiki in english it is called 16-spotted while in the dutch wiki it is called 14-spotted and that is also what the latin name says.
The germans have a much nicer name, they call it the 'Schachbrett' meaning 'chessboard'.

For identification of the different ladybirds this site is usefull:
(dutch) http://stippen.nl/soorten.php
(english) http://stippen.nl/soorten.php?lan=eng
Posted 13 years ago, modified 13 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Agreed, I captured a series but none were terribly sharp. They were moving quite fast despite mating. I used the exact same site you mentioned to identify this one, and I also spotted the strange difference in naming. Posted 13 years ago, modified 13 years ago
2. 1. Pudding4brains
    
    Lion
    
    Just stumbled on this when adding my own image(s) of the species. The text parsed from Wikipedia at the time was simply wrong. Not 16- but 14 spot ... :o) Cheers, Arp Posted 7 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Thank you for correcting! Posted 7 years ago

The Fourteen spotted Ladybird

The 14-spotted ladybird is a small lady beetle, belonging to the family Coccinellidae. It is sometimes referred to by the common name 14-spotted ladybird beetle, or simply P-14.

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Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Ferdy Christant

Uploaded May 21, 2012. Captured May 19, 2011 15:44.

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