14-Spot Ladybird, Heesch, Netherlands

Pretty tiny ladybug species at about 3-4mm. This is a staged scene, the insect is dead and placed on a leaf.

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Pudding4brains

Lion

Hi Ferdy, just saw this one as I uploaded some images for the 16-spot myself ... this isn't - it's a 14-spot or "chess board" ladybird beetle (Propylae quatuordecimpunctata). I'll change the ID and tags accordingly ;o) Posted 4 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Whoops, thanks so much for the correction. Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Pudding4brains
    
    Lion
    
    The 14-spot is quite variable and -probably more importantly- to the eye, somehow, it makes a huge difference if the yellow patches are fused, or the black patches are fused. We get _loads_ of misidentified 14-spots on waarneming, so you're not alone ;o) Posted 4 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 Pudding4brains