Edwin Giesbers / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) pair mating on Mayweed (Anthemis sp) flower. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) pair mating on Mayweed (Anthemis sp) flower. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on Mayweed (Anthemis sp) flower. Cyprus. April.

MYN / Marc Pihet / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) composite showing take off, Maine-et-Loire, France, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

Krista Schlyer / Seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) inside the funnel leaf of Pitcher plant, Alabama, USA. May 2014.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on Black knapweed (Centaurea nigra) flower at RSPB's Hope Farm Reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, July

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) foraging on flowerbuds, Parade gardens park, with Bath Abbey in the backgrond, Bath, England, UK, June

B&S Draker / Seven-spotted Ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) eating Aphids (Aphidoidea). Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA, June.

Nature Production / Seven-spotted ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on dandelion seedhead

Chris Shields / Illustration of Kidney-spot ladybird / Harlequin beetle (Chilocorus renipustulatus).

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...

Solvin Zankl / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) climbing on grass stem, Germany

Laurent Geslin / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on a lavender flowerhead in a park, with buildings behind. Neuchatel, Switzerland

Stephen Dalton / Seven spot ladybird (Cocinella 7-punctata) climbing to top of flower spike, UK

Stephen Dalton / Seven spot ladybird (Cocinella 7-punctata) on Meddick flower, UK

Andy Sands / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) Portrait on grass stem, UK, Captive

Stephen Dalton / Seven spot ladybird (Cocinella septempunctata) feeding on greenfly on rose bud, UK

Stephen Dalton / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempuncatata) taking off backwards from plant, UK

Stephen Dalton / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) flying from grass head, UK

Stephen Dalton / Seven spot ladybird {Coccinella septempunctata} drinking from water on leaf, UK

Kim Taylor / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) portrait, Surrey, England

Konrad Wothe / Seven-spotted Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on Common Daisy (Bellis perennis), Germany

Simon Colmer / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on Marguerite / Oxeye daisy, UK

Kim Taylor / Seven-spotted ladybird {Coccinella septempunctata} taking off from thistle

Duncan Mcewan / Seven spotted ladybird {Coccinella septempunctata} eating aphids. UK

Nigel Cattlin / 16-spot ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) group overwintering on old wood. Berkshire, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / 16-spot ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) overwintering on old wood, close up. Berkshire, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / 16-spot ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) overwintering on old wood, close up. Berkshire, England, UK. May.

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 / 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.

Rod Williams / 24-spot ladybird (Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. October.

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.

Ingo Arndt / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on flower head, Germany

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.

Nature Production / Parasitic wasp (Cotesia) laying eggs in Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) Japan.

Ernie Janes / Migrating swarm of Seven-spot ladybirds (Coccinella 7-punctata) on Cley Beach, Norfolk, England, UK, August.

Ernie Janes / Spring crocus (Crocus sp) with Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) Norfolk, England, UK, March.

Rod Williams / Two Seven-spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) feeding on Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) Brockley, Lewisham, London, England, July.

Rod Williams / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) larva on leaf, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, May.

Alex Hyde / Twenty-two-spot ladybird (Thea vigintiduopunctata) larvae, Surrey, UK. October.

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

Scott Leslie / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) aerial roots and propagules, National Key Deer Refuge, Florida

Russell Cooper / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) resting on grass seed head. South-west London, UK, June.

MYN / Marc Pihet / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata), Maine-et-Loire, France, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

Rod Williams / 22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) on leaf, Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK, October.

Aflo / Seven spotted ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on fern, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, May.

Jussi Murtosaari / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) and an ant, Lansi-Turunmaa, Parainen / Lansi-Turunmaa, Lounais-Suomi, Varsinais-Suomi / Southwestern Finland, Finland. July

Rod Williams / Cream-spot Ladybird (Calvia 14-guttata) Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, South London, England, UK, May

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Twenty Eight Spot Ladybird (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata) Stirling Range National Park, Jarrah Forest Bioregion, Cranbrook Shire, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Twenty Eight Spot Ladybird (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata) Stirling Range National Park, Jarrah Forest Bioregion, Cranbrook Shire, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

Alex Hyde / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) hibernating amongst dead leaves. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. March.

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

Rod Williams / Cream-spot ladybird (Calvia quatuordecimguttata / 14-guttata) on leaf, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, UK, July.

Alex Hyde / Seven-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) larva on nettle leaf, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Seven-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) larva on nettle leaf, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Seven-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) larva on nettle leaf, UK, May.

Adrian Davies / Cream Spot Ladybird (Calvia 14-guttata) Clustered on trunk of Beech tree. Surrey, England. April

Thomas Marent / Seven-spotted Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata), Switzerland

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

MYN / Matt Cole / Fourteen spot ladybird (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata), Leicestershire, England, UK, April. meetyourneighbours.net project.

Rod Williams / 7-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) larva Lewisham, London, June

Alex Hyde / Seven-spot Ladybirds (Coccinella 7-punctata) warming up after winter hibernation. Nottinghamshire, UK, March.

MYN / Matt Cole / Seven Spot Ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata), mating pair. Suburban garden, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, UK, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Matt Cole / Seven Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) with wing-case open, taking off from a Daffodil leaf. Suburban garden, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, UK, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

Alex Hyde / Orange 16-Spot Ladybird (Halyzia 16-guttata / sedecimguttata) overwintering in recess of carved letter on a gravestone. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, March 2012.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Two Eighteen-spot ladybirds (Myrrha octodecimguttata) mating in a community gardening on the roof of Budgens Supermarket, Food from the Sky initiative, Crouch End, London, England, UK, August

Andy Sands / 11 Spot Ladybird (Coccinella 11-punctata), an uncommon ladybird usually found in coastal dunes. London, England, July.

Paul Hobson / Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on fly agaric (Amanita muscaria). Sheffield, UK, September.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Six male Autumn House flies (Musca autumnalis) basking in the sun on Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) leaf in a garden, waiting for females to fly past, with Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella se...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Three Seven-spot ladybirds (Coccinnella septempunctata) emerging from hibernation among Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) leaves in garden, with young female Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabil...

Simon Colmer / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on runner beans, UK

Ernie Janes / Swarm of Seven-spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) on garden terrace, Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Seven-spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) gathering in large numbers on Plantain flowers on the beach, Norfolk, UK, August

B&S Draker / Seven-spotted Ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) pair mating and eating Aphids (Aphidoidea). Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA, June.

Ernie Janes / Mass of dead Seven-spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) on tideline, Norfolk, UK, August

David Kjaer / Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) warming up in late winter sun. Wiltshire, UK, March.

Christian Ziegler / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) propagule in shallow water, Twin Cays, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Christian Ziegler / Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) propagule in shallow water, Twin Cays, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Colin Varndell / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on leaf, Dorset, UK, March

Kim Taylor / Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis succinea) against a white background. Surrey, UK, May.

Laurent Geslin / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on a yellow and white flower with Eiffel Tower in distance, Paris, France

Nick Upton / Three Seven Spot Ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) recently emerged from hibernation, sun basking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, April

Nick Upton / Orange / Sixteen Spot Ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata) sun basking on leaves. Wiltshire garden, UK, April

Paul Harcourt Davies / 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) in a garden, Italy, Europe.

Colin Varndell / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on leaf, Dorset, UK, September

Ann & Steve Toon / Seven spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) gathered on Bramble just before hibernation, Autumn, UK