Premaphotos / Group of 16-spot ladybirds (Micraspis sedecempunctata) hibernating, UK

Premaphotos / Two-spot ladybird (Adalia bipunctata), mating pair of two different colour forms, UK

Premaphotos / Two-spot ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) larvae hatching from their eggs surrounded by their aphid prey (Aphis fabae) UK

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

Premaphotos / Ten-spot ladybird (Adalia 10-punctata) UK

Premaphotos / Kidney-spot ladybird (Chilocorus renipustulatus) larva (right) exuding repellent fluid, pupa (left) UK

Premaphotos / 10-spot ladybird (Adalia 10-punctata forma bimaculata) mating pair of the 2-spotted form, UK

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

Roman Willi / Orange ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata) portrait, Lucerne, Switzerland. November.

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

Nigel Cattlin / A mating pair of Harlequin ladybirds (Harmonia axyridis) on apple leaves damaged by leaf-curling aphids (Dysaphis sp.). Two colour variations. Berkshire, June

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.

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.

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 / A native seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) feeding on nectar from a hogweed flower, Berkshire, England, UK, July

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

Robert Pickett / Two-Spot Ladybird Beetle (Adalia bipunctata) adult feeding on Aphid on a Daisy flower, UK.

Robert Pickett / Two-Spot Ladybird Beetle (Adalia bipunctata) female laying eggs on leaf, UK.

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

Nigel Cattlin / Seven-spot ladybird beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) feeding on Cabbage aphids (Brevicoryne brassicae).