Chris Shields / Illustration of Water ladybird (Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata / 19-punctata), winter form.

Stephen Dalton / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) flying from grass head, UK

Stephen Dalton / Seven spot ladybird {Coccinella septempunctata} drinking from water on leaf, UK

Konrad Wothe / Seven-spotted Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on Common Daisy (Bellis perennis), Germany

Piotr Naskrecki / European Spotted Amber Ladybird (Hippodamia variegata) was accidentaly introduced to South Africa in 1967, this species feeds mostly on aphids, South Africa

John Abbott / Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) flying, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Controlled conditions. January

Rod Williams / Two Seven-spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) feeding on Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) Brockley, Lewisham, London, England, July.

Thomas Marent / Seven-spotted Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata), Switzerland

Duncan Usher / Asian Ladybird Beetle (Harmonia axyridis) group gathering in autumn, Hessen, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Convergent Lady Beetle (Hippodamia convergens) mass overwintering hidden in tree bark, California

Murray Cooper / Ladybug (Coccinella sp) on leaf, Ecuador

Ingo Arndt / Convergent Lady Beetle (Hippodamia convergens) mass on pine tree bark, California