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Family: Coccinellidae
Description
The two-spot ladybird has great variation in appearance. A common form has a red wing case with round or angular black spots but the total number of spots may be up to 10, sometimes merging into bands or chequered patterns. Often the pattern is reversed to give orange spots on a black background, especially in areas of industrial pollution, but always with a black underside which usually distinguishes it from the 10-spot ladybird. The larvae are elongate and grey, spotted with black and yellow. They hibernate, often with 10-spot ladybirds, in large aggregations in outhouses and under loose bark.Food
Predatory: adults and larvae feed on aphids
Forms of the 2 Spot Ladybird
1. Sub-lunata
2.sexpustulata
3.weak annulata
4.bar annulata
5.intermediate annulata
6.extreme annulata
7.duodecempustulata
8. new duodecempustulata
9.spotty
10. strong spotty
11.sexpustulata spotty
12malanic annulata (above)
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