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.