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paul m
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Registered: November 2006
Location: Sheffield, South Yorks, UK
Posts: 5,221
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Tue 18, November 2008 5:12am
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Definitely not 10-spot ladybird which has pale legs, amonst other things. My immediate thought was 11-spot ladybird, Coccinella undecimpunctata, which has eleven spots usually, ocellation commonly and large scutellar spot (the one in the middle). There are possibly a couple of features against that (the white patches on the forebody are usually confined to the front corner and the hind body is slightly elongated, more typical of Hippodamia than Coccinella) - I'll investigate further!
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"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence."
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Jacqueline Burrell
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Registered: April 2008
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Posts: 484
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Tue 18, November 2008 5:45am
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Thanks, Paul, I appreciate your assistance.
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paul m
Really Wild Member
Registered: November 2006
Location: Sheffield, South Yorks, UK
Posts: 5,221
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Tue 18, November 2008 10:51am
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Yes, I'm happier about C. undecimpunctata now.
And look who I found with a picture or two:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Im...met_ringen.jpg
Interestingly there is a subspecies, C. undecimpunctata aegyptiaca but I don't know what its features are ....
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"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence."
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Pudding4brains
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Registered: January 2008
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 895
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Tue 23, December 2008 7:59pm
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Ahwr, yes ... just stumbled on the other version of the image and left a message there too 
@Jacqueline: Could you at some point change title/description/keywords to reflect the ID? Thanks! Arp
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