Aphidecta obliterata Linnaeus

Larch ladybird

[Morphology] 3.5 - 5 mm. Brown, evenly coloured or with 2 or 4 black smear like spots. Slightly elongated ladybird with parallel sides. Distinct M-shape on the pronotum. Darker forms sometimes seem to have light spots.
Unspotted beetles are almost always males^G), darker ones females.

Unlike other ladybirds it has good camouflage that it seems to rely on as its behaviour is sooner passive.
[Ecology] On fir and larch
[Distribution] Common on conifers


Synonym: Adalia livida ° Aphidecta m-nigrum (Fabricius)
° NL:Bruin lieveheersbeestje ° FR:coccinelle brune ° D:Nadelbaum-Marienkäfer °