Mating seven spotted lady beetles
Coccinella septempunctata. Per professor Merrill A. Peterson, author, "Pacific Northwest Insects": "This species was widely released in the 1970s and 1980s to control aphid on crops and has since become one of our most common lady beetles, to the detriment of native lady beetles, which have been outcompeted."
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.
Similar species: Beetles
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Uploaded May 25, 2020. Captured May 1, 2018 15:16 in 1400-1498 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA.
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