        Coccinellidae: Ladybirds of Western-Europe
        Subfamily Coccinellinae - Tribus Psylloborini - Genus Vibidia

Vibidia duodecimguttata Poda

Harmonia quadripunctata (c) coccinellidae.net

[Morphology] 3 - 4 mm. Contrary to Calvia spec. Vibduo has twelve spots. Other then that it looks remarkably alike.
Even the common Halyzia sedecimguttata can be mistaken.

This species shows a fault line in the posterior region, like Adalia decempunctata and Harmonia axyridis

[Distribution] Very rare

Synonym: Vibidia murasei (Ohta, 1929) ° Vibidia bissexguttata (Fabricius)
° NL:Twaalfvleklieveheersbeestje ° FR:Petite coccinelle orange ° D:Zwölffleckiger Pilz-Marienkäfer °

Gera Nieland	Gera Nieland	Frank Koehler
Andreas Herrmann

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Other sites on Ladybirds:

Coccinellidae.be (Belgian)
Stippen.nl (Dutch)
Wikipedia (English)
UK Ladybird survey (English)
Gordon's Ladybeetle Page (English)
Ladybirds of Ireland (English)
Ladybirds of Brisbane (English)
Ladybirds in Worcestershire (English)
Ladybirds of Florida (English)
Kendall Bioresearch Services (English)