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The most abundant small, hairy ladybird in NW Europe is
Rhyzobius litura. It is really very abundant ; one calculation being that it was about the fourth most abundant coccinellid in UK.
I don't like identifying these small coccinellids from photos but am fairly confident of this ID because of the lengthy antennae - about as long as the forebody is deep.
There are other
Rhizobius species -
R. chrysomeloides is more abundant in central/eastern Europe (and usually can't be told apart on a picture) and
R. lophanthae has been spreading north from the Mediterranean (where it was imported from Australia) - a very few individuals have been found in UK and (
e.g.) Paris.
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Originally Posted by goosey
Just that it is a Coccinellidae sp. is good for me and t know I am thinking in the right direction  . I have had Scymnini larvae last year in the garden (there was a thread on it Some larvae and pupae) on the same plant so that does look like a hopefull deduction for a subfamily  . |