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...

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

Chris Shields / Illustration of Ten-spot ladybird (Adalia decempunctata / 10-punctata).

Chris Shields / Illustration of Two-spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata / 2-punctata),.

Premaphotos / Ten-spot ladybird (Adalia 10-punctata), mating pair showing variation in colour and pattern, UK

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

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