Nigel Cattlin / Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) larvae still with a raft of empty egg cases, June Berkshire, England, UK.

Chris Shields / Illustration of Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis), four colour variants.

Simon Colmer / Multicoloured / Asian / Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) feeding on ivy flowers, UK

Thomas Marent / Multicolored Tanager (Chlorochrysa nitidissima) male, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Multicolored Tanager (Chlorochrysa nitidissima) male, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Multicolored Tanager (Chlorochrysa nitidissima) female, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Tony Wu / Hairfinned leatherjacket (Paramonacanthus japonicus), juvenile attended to by a multicolored Cleaner shrimp (Ancylomenes sp). Osezaki, Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. November.

Doug Wechsler / Multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) mating, Wissahickon Valley Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, June. Invasive species.

Tony Wu / Close-up view of strands of multicolored Sea hare eggs (Aplysia sp.) Hiwasa, Japan, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Ladybird pupal stage (Harmonia axyridis) in garden at Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, September

Doug Wechsler / Multicolored asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis), Pennsylvania, USA, July.

Doug Wechsler / Multicolored asian ladybird beetle (Harmonia axyridis) pupa metamorphosing to adult, Pennsylvania, USA, July.