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

     Hippodamia variegata Goeze

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Adonis' ladybird

[Morphology] 3 - 6 mm. The typical pattern of the pronotum makes this species readily recognizable. Elongated and apart from the shoulder spots the spots appear on the hind of the elytra
[Ecology] Pioneer of dry herbage and shrub layers
[Distribution] Common


Synonym: Hippodamia doubledayi (Mulsant ° Hippodamia tredecimsignata (Mulsant) ° Hippodamia mutabilis (Scriba)
° NL:Ruigtelieveheersbeestje ° FR:coccinelle à friches ° D:Variabeler Flach-Marienkäfer °
  Gera Nieland   larva
  Gera Nieland   pupa
     
     
     
     
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Hippodamia variegata on other websites :
Fauna Europaea:Taxon/Map (english) Coccinellidae.be (belgian/dutch) Stippen.nl (dutch) KerbTier.de (german) Waarneming.nl (dutch) UK Ladybird Survey (english)

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