Posted by Sacha on October 28, 2011, 1:18 pm
Yesterday afternoon (obviously St Ladybird Day) I saw a black ladybird
with two red spots on her back and two white ones over her eyes, on a
leaf of the mulberry tree. I think it's a Pine ladybird, though I
understand those usually have 4 spots. What does the panel think?!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Posted by Ragnar on October 28, 2011, 2:42 pm
Almost certainly a two-spot ladybird in a reverse colour mutation, which is
not uncommon.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalia_bipunctata#Phenotypic_variations
R.
> Yesterday afternoon (obviously St Ladybird Day) I saw a black ladybird
> with two red spots on her back and two white ones over her eyes, on a leaf
> of the mulberry tree. I think it's a Pine ladybird, though I understand
> those usually have 4 spots. What does the panel think?!
> --
> Sacha
> www.hillhousenursery.com
> South Devon
>
Posted by rbel on October 28, 2011, 2:50 pm
>Yesterday afternoon (obviously St Ladybird Day) I saw a black ladybird
>with two red spots on her back and two white ones over her eyes, on a
>leaf of the mulberry tree. I think it's a Pine ladybird, though I
>understand those usually have 4 spots. What does the panel think?!
The only black ladybird with two spots that I am aware of is
Chilocorus renipustulatus, the Kidney spot Ladybird. From memory it
is fairly rare in this part of the world, maybe worth notifying the
Devon biodiversity records centre http://www.dbrc.org.uk/land-enq/
rbel
Posted by Sacha on October 28, 2011, 3:59 pm
On 2011-10-28 19:50:52 +0100, rbel said:
>
>> Yesterday afternoon (obviously St Ladybird Day) I saw a black ladybird
>> with two red spots on her back and two white ones over her eyes, on a
>> leaf of the mulberry tree. I think it's a Pine ladybird, though I
>> understand those usually have 4 spots. What does the panel think?!
>
> The only black ladybird with two spots that I am aware of is
> Chilocorus renipustulatus, the Kidney spot Ladybird. From memory it
> is fairly rare in this part of the world, maybe worth notifying the
> Devon biodiversity records centre http://www.dbrc.org.uk/land-enq/
>
> rbel
Thanks for that. I'll have another look out there tomorrow, just in
case it's still hanging about. There were definitely just two red spots
and the white spots over the eyes.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Posted by rbel on October 28, 2011, 5:35 pm
>On 2011-10-28 19:50:52 +0100, rbel said:
>>
>>> Yesterday afternoon (obviously St Ladybird Day) I saw a black ladybird
>>> with two red spots on her back and two white ones over her eyes, on a
>>> leaf of the mulberry tree. I think it's a Pine ladybird, though I
>>> understand those usually have 4 spots. What does the panel think?!
>>
>> The only black ladybird with two spots that I am aware of is
>> Chilocorus renipustulatus, the Kidney spot Ladybird. From memory it
>> is fairly rare in this part of the world, maybe worth notifying the
>> Devon biodiversity records centre http://www.dbrc.org.uk/land-enq/
>>
>> rbel
>Thanks for that. I'll have another look out there tomorrow, just in
>case it's still hanging about. There were definitely just two red spots
>and the white spots over the eyes.
I missed your mention of the white markings in your original post.
Given that Kidney spots do not have these I think that Ragnar's
indication of black/red (rather than the usual red/black) 2 spot is
more likely.
rbel
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> with two red spots on her back and two white ones over her eyes, on a leaf
> of the mulberry tree. I think it's a Pine ladybird, though I understand
> those usually have 4 spots. What does the panel think?!
> --
> Sacha
> www.hillhousenursery.com
> South Devon
>