Edwin Giesbers / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) pair mating on Mayweed (Anthemis sp) flower. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) pair mating on Mayweed (Anthemis sp) flower. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on Mayweed (Anthemis sp) flower. Cyprus. April.

MYN / Marc Pihet / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) composite showing take off, Maine-et-Loire, France, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

Krista Schlyer / Seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) inside the funnel leaf of Pitcher plant, Alabama, USA. May 2014.

Chris Shields / Illustration of British native ladybirds. From top left to right: Sixteen or 16-spot ladybird (Tytthaspis 16-punctata); Thirteen or 13-spot ladybird (Hippodamia 13-punctata); Bryony ladybird (Epilach...

Stephen Dalton / Seven spot ladybird (Cocinella 7-punctata) climbing to top of flower spike, UK

Stephen Dalton / Seven spot ladybird (Cocinella 7-punctata) on Meddick flower, UK

Nigel Cattlin / 16-spot ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) group overwintering on old wood. Berkshire, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / 16-spot ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) overwintering on old wood, close up. Berkshire, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / 16-spot ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) overwintering on old wood, close up. Berkshire, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / 16-spot ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) overwintering on old wood, close up. Berkshire, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septem-punctata) larva predating Black bean aphids (Aphis fabae) on Runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus). Bean with buds. Berkshire, England, UK. July.

Rod Williams / Water ladybird (Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. May.

Emanuele Biggi / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata), Italy

Stephen Dalton / 16-Spot ladybird (Tytthaspis 16-punctata) hibernating on tree trunk. Rookery Wood, Sussex, England, UK, February.

Kim Taylor / Twenty-two spot ladybird (Psyllobora 22-punctata) larva, Surrey, England, August.

Kim Taylor / Braconid wasp (Dinocampus coccinellae) using its slender ovipositor to insert an egg into the abdomen of an unsuspecting ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata). Surrey, England.

Rod Williams / Seven spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) male female mating pair, Warwick Gardens, Peckham, London, UK June

Lorraine Bennery / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) mating pair, Indre-et-Loire, France, April.

Lorraine Bennery / Seven spot ladybird (Cocinella 7-punctata) feeding on aphids with Bush cricket (Tettigoniidae) Ardeche Mountains Regional Park, France, May.

Rod Williams / 22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata)) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. June

Rod Williams / 16-spot ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) Brockley, Lewisham, London, UK. July.

Nature Production / Parasitic wasp (Cotesia) laying eggs in Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) Japan.

Ernie Janes / Migrating swarm of Seven-spot ladybirds (Coccinella 7-punctata) on Cley Beach, Norfolk, England, UK, August.

Ernie Janes / Spring crocus (Crocus sp) with Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) Norfolk, England, UK, March.

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

Rod Williams / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) larva on leaf, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, May.

Alex Hyde / Twenty-two-spot ladybird (Thea vigintiduopunctata) larvae, Surrey, UK. October.

Russell Cooper / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) resting on grass seed head. South-west London, UK, June.

MYN / Marc Pihet / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata), Maine-et-Loire, France, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

Rod Williams / 22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) on leaf, Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK, October.

Aflo / Seven spotted ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on fern, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, May.

Jussi Murtosaari / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) and an ant, Lansi-Turunmaa, Parainen / Lansi-Turunmaa, Lounais-Suomi, Varsinais-Suomi / Southwestern Finland, Finland. July

Alex Hyde / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) hibernating amongst dead leaves. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. March.

Alex Hyde / Seven-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) larva on nettle leaf, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Seven-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) larva on nettle leaf, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Seven-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) larva on nettle leaf, UK, May.

Rod Williams / 7-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) larva Lewisham, London, June

Alex Hyde / Seven-spot Ladybirds (Coccinella 7-punctata) warming up after winter hibernation. Nottinghamshire, UK, March.

Andy Sands / 11 Spot Ladybird (Coccinella 11-punctata), an uncommon ladybird usually found in coastal dunes. London, England, July.

Paul Hobson / Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on fly agaric (Amanita muscaria). Sheffield, UK, September.

David Kjaer / Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) warming up in late winter sun. Wiltshire, UK, March.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Seven-spot ladybird larva (Coccinella 7-punctata) Italy

Mark Bowler / Seven-spot Ladybird {Coccinella septempunctata / 7-punctata}

Mark Bowler / Seven-spot ladybird or ladybug (Coccinella 7-punctata)

Mark Bowler / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) with wing carapace raised

Mark Bowler / UK Ladybird species, native and invasive, from left to right: Seven-Spot (Coccinella 7-punctata), Harlequin (Harmonia axyridis), Harlequin morph, Two-Spot (Adalia bipunctata), Fourteen-Spot (Propylea...

Premaphotos / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) attached to a braconid wasp (Pterilitus coccinellae) pupa formed when the wasp's parasitic larva left the ladybird host, UK

Premaphotos / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) hibernating on a stick, UK

Premaphotos / 7-spot ladybirds (Coccinella 7-punctata) hibernating amongst the needles of Scots pine, UK

Premaphotos / 7-spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata), 10-spot ladybird (Adalia 10-punctata) (left) and 14-spot ladybird (Propylea 14-punctata) (right) feeding on sap from a cut thistle stem, UK

Premaphotos / Seven-spot ladybirds (Coccinella 7-punctata) feeding on Black bean aphids (Aphis fabae) in a garden, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Stealthy shield bug {Troilus luridus} adult feeding on a 7-spot ladybird {Coccinella 7-punctata} UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Seven-spot ladybirds (Coccinella 7-punctata) group hibernating on a Scots pine tree, UK

Kim Taylor / Seven-spot ladybird {Coccinella 7-punctata} taking off from thistle, UK, captive.

Kim Taylor / Seven-spot ladybird {Coccinella 7-punctata} larva about to eat an aphid. England.

Jane Burton / Seven-spot Ladybirds (Coccinella 7-punctata) hibernating on thorn bush, UK.

Chris Shields / Illustration of Eleven spot / 11-spot Ladybird (Coccinella undecimpunctata / 11-punctata)~.

Chris Shields / Illustration of Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata / septempunctata).

Premaphotos / Eleven spot ladybird (Coccinella 11-punctata) basking in warm sun after coming out of hibernation, UK

Premaphotos / Seven-spot ladybird pupa (Coccinella 7-punctata) UK

Premaphotos / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) mating pair, UK

Andy Sands / 7-Spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) roosting on old grass stem at dawn covered in dew, Hertfordshire, England, UK. September. Focus stacked.

Konrad Wothe / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) newly emerged from pupa, Bavaria, Germany. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) larva on a Sage (Salvia officinalis) leaf, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) pupa on a Sage (Salvia officinalis) leaf, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / 7-spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) balancing on leaf, portrait, Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Pair of 7-spot ladybirds (Coccinella 7-punctata) mating on a flowerhead, Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) larva preying and feeding on Cabbage aphids (Brevicoryne brassicae) on Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), Berkshire, UK. May

Nigel Cattlin / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) feeding on Potato aphids (Macrosiphum euphorbiae) on a pink rose petal, UK.

David Tipling / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) in a garden, Norfolk, UK. April.

Nigel Cattlin / Pupa of a seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on a leaf, June

Neil Aldridge / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) climbing up and down a grass stem in a garden, North Somerset, United Kingdom, July.

Pal Hermansen / RF - 14-spotted ladybird (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata) on Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). Akershus, Viken, Norway. July. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Nigel Cattlin / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) larva feeding on black bean aphid (Aphis fabae)

Nigel Cattlin / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) larva feeding on black bean aphid (Aphis fabae)

Nigel Cattlin / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) preying on apple aphids (Aphis pomi) on a young apple shoot

Andy Sands / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on grass stem at dawn covered in dew, Hertfordshire, England, UK, July - Focus Stacked

Nick Upton / Twenty-two spot ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) walking on leaf in a Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Nigel Cattlin / Seven spot ladybird larva (Coccinella septem punctata) on a fool's parsley (Aethusa cynapium) flowering umbel, Devon, England, UK, June.

Rod Williams / Water ladybird (Anisosticta novedecimpunctata) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham , London, England, UK. June.

Nick Upton / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinnella septempunctata) just emerged from hibernation, sunning on a Honeysuckle leaf with buildings in the background, Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Nigel Cattlin / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) yellow eggs on the surface of a cereal leaf

Robert Pickett / Seven-Spot Ladybird Beetle taking off from flower (Coccinella septempunctata), UK

Robert Pickett / Seven-Spot Ladybird Beetle drinking from water droplet on leaf (Coccinella septempunctata) UK