COCCINELLIDAE Latreille, 1807
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Adalia bipunctata
Two-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird
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 		Species 2 subtaxa 16 images 2 ident. refs
Adalia decempunctata
Ten-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird
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 		Species 2 subtaxa 36 images
Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird
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 		Species 5 images 2 ident. refs
Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata
Nineteen-spot Ladybird, 19-spot Ladybird, Water Ladybird
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 		Species 3 images
Aphidecta obliterata
Larch Ladybird
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 		Species 3 images
Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird
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 		Species 9 images 1 ident. refs
Chilocorus
a genus of ladybirds
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 37 images
Clitostethus arcuatus
a ladybird
Species 1 ident. refs
Coccinella
a genus of ladybirds
Pupa (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 65 images 1 ident. refs
Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird
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 		Species 3 images
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird
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 		Species 27 images 2 ident. refs
Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird, "Haxy"
Larva (Click to open)Pupa (Click to open) (Click to open) (Click to open) (Click to open) (Click to open)Larva (Click to open)Pupa (Click to open)
 		Species 3 subtaxa 36 images 2 ident. refs
Henosepilachna argus
Bryony Ladybird
Species 1 ident. refs
Myzia oblongoguttata
Striped Ladybird
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 		Species 5 images
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Fourteen-spot Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird
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 		Species 13 images
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Twenty-two-spot Ladybird, 22-spot Ladybird
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 		Species 4 images 1 ident. refs
Rhyzobius
a genus of ladybirds
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 2 images 2 ident. refs
Scymnus
a genus of ladybirds
Genus 1 ident. refs
Stethorus pusillus
a ladybird
Species 1 ident. refs
Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird
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 		Species 17 images
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Sixteen-spot Ladybird, 16-spot Ladybird
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 		Species 7 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCOCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Beauchamp, R.L. & Angus, R.B. 2006 A chromosomal analysis of the four British ladybirds of the subfamily Coccidulinae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society Vol 77: 18-27.
Brown, P. UK Ladybird Survey www.ladybird-survey.org
Brown. P.M.J., Roy, H.E. & Lewington, R. 2019 Hidden Treasures: recording Britain’s lesser-known ladybirds British Wildlife Vol 30 (4): 167-174.
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 7 (Clavicornia) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 7, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Mabbott, P. The London and Essex Ladybird Surveys archive.is/hWjQ8
() Majerus, M. & Kearns, P. 1989 Ladybirds Naturalists’ Handbooks, 10, 103pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
in the field Majerus, M. 2006 Ladybirds of the UK
Pope, R.D. 1953 Coleoptera: Coccinellidae & Sphindidae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol V, Part 7, 12pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Rotheray, G.E. 1989 Aphid Predators Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Roy, H.E. & Brown, P. (Lewington, R. illust) 2018 Field guide to the ladybirds of Britain and Ireland 160pp, Bloomsbury Books

Larvae

in the field Anon. Larvae of UK Ladybirds
van Emden, F.I. 1949 Larvae of British Beetles VII: Coccinellidae Ent. Mon. Mag. 85: 265-283.

COCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for COCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 136 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for COCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
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