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Rhyzobius litura - hairy ladybird

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goosey Really Wild Member Registered: August 2007 Location: Holland Posts: 1,481	This was only 4mm in length. Seen 26th April in the garden on buddleia North Holland. For post http://www.wildabouttheworld.com/for....html#post3830
	· Date: Sat 26, April 2008 · Views: 91 · Filesize: 57.3kb, 77.7kb · Dimensions: 683 x 1024 ·
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	Keywords: hairy ladybird aphid Rhyzobius litura

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paul m

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Registered: November 2006
Location: Sheffield, UK
Posts: 1,799

Sun 27, April 2008 9:09am

I don't like doing these from photrographs but the most common, small, hairy ladybird in NW Europe is Rhyzobius litura. I'm fairly convinced of this because of the length of its antenna which are at least as long as the forebody is deep.

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