Sospita vigintiguttata

A fairly scarce Ladybird beetle - I've only found the species myself two or three times. This is the "spring colour" form: After overwintering the beetle is black with yellow and white. The new generation that emerges in fall is brownish instead of black and only gains more colour very slowly, mostly during overwintering.
Larva of the same species here:

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

What a beauty! Does it have a common name? Posted 5 years ago
1. Pudding4brains
  
  Lion
  
  It does in Dutch : Twintigvleklieveheersbeestje :o)
  The species is missing from the British Isles and doesn't occur in the Nearctic, so not native to English speaking regions. If it pops up there I suppose we would have to come up with something creative, because "Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle" is already taken by Psyllobora vigintimaculata. Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Too bad it's already taken, would be a logical name indeed :) Posted 5 years ago

The Sospita vigintiguttata

Sospita vigintiguttata (Linnaeus 1758) is a Ladybird Beetle with a Palearctic distribution. It is known from a large number of countries ranging from the Iberian peninsula to eastern Russia (probably), but it is rare or scarce over it's entire range.

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Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by Pudding4brains