Coccinellidae: Ladybirds of Western-Europe
        Subfamily Coccinellinae - Tribus Coccinellini - Genus Coccinella

     Coccinella hieroglyphica Linnaeus

Harmonia quadripunctata (c) coccinellidae.net
   

Hieroglyphic ladybird

[Morphology] 3.5 - 4.5 mm. Easily recognizable ladybird with distinct pattern. However many melanistic individuals are found. May be confused with Adalia conglomerata that is even rarer.

[Ecology] Heather
[Distribution] Rare but seemingly more common in years that it's main food source Lochmea suturalis is abundantA)


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Coccinella hieroglyphica on other websites :
Fauna Europaea:Taxon/Map (english) Stippen.nl (dutch) KerbTier.de (german) Ladybirds Of Ireland (english) Waarneming.nl (dutch) UK Ladybird Survey (english)

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