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...

Kim Taylor / Eyed ladybird {Adalia ocellata} taking off. UK.

Rod Williams / 10-spot ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) pale colour variation Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. June.

Rod Williams / 2-spot ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) Warwick Gardens, Peckham, London, London, England, UK. June.

Bernard Castelein / Two spot ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) on thistle, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, July.

MYN / Pierre Escoubas / Ten-spotted ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) Corsica, June. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Bernard Castelein / Ten-spotted ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) on Common Water-plantain (Alsima plantago-aquatica) Belgium, June

Dietmar Nill / Two spot ladybird (Adalia bipunctata} on plum blossom, Germany

Dave Bevan / Two spot ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) at rest on seed head, Wales, UK

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 / 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

Kim Taylor / Eyed ladybird {Adalia ocellata} taking off, UK.