Ceratomegilla undecimnotata

The genus Hippodamia has recently been cut up into various different genera, each with subgenera. Hippodamia undecimnotata is now called Ceratomegilla (Ceratomegilla) undecimnotata.
This series is the result of a batch of larvae kindly sent to me in 2017 from Germany by Burkhard Hinnersmann (thanks!), hence these images were taken at my home in the Netherlands but:
THESE ARE GERMAN SPECIMEN - AT THE TIME, THIS SPECIES DID NOT NATURALLY OCCUR IN THE NETHERLANDS (but it has arrived in the meantime)

The individual variability in the appearance of the larvae is quite stunning - in most Ladybird species the larvae are quite constant (except for differences between the various larval stages of course):

Just for fun and comparison a side-by-side with the larva of the very common 7-spotted ladybird:

After pupating most pupae were attached to the sides of the boxes, this one I could lift out to take nicer pictures:

As with most "Hippodamia" (s.l.) the beetles can be quite variable in the development of their spots, with spots being larger, smaller or even missing. There is a spot on the lateral margin that is often quite subtle. When it is barely visible the pattern on the beetle starts to look a lot like the common 7-spot:

Here is what it looks like when it's larger:

The head patterns also vary. I have a gut-feeling that this may well be sexual dimorphism (with the black head being the ladies), but I need to get this confirmed still: