Hi Paul/All,
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Originally Posted by paul m
I wouldn't like to say what the larva was; there are quite a few ladybirds of this sort
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Your doubts have made me look a bit better. I always thought that tribe Scimnini was a save bet for these, but you are right, for both UK and NL we have a few ladybirds in subfamily Scimninae outside of tribe Scimnini in genera
Hyperaspis and
Stethorus. Of these the
Stethorus can be savely excluded I think, but
Hyperaspis not. I myself have never found either the beetle or the larve of these (I think we onl have
Hyperaspis pseudopustulata?) but google seems to come up with one or two "wooly" larvae ...
So - should it be
Scimninae sp. then, or do you know of more subfamilies that might have similar larvae?
Those little ones just always seem to produce headaches more than anything else
Cheers
Arp