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paul m
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Registered: November 2006
Location: Sheffield, South Yorks, UK
Posts: 9,322
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A very attractive beast - they can be active (on sunny days) all year round. NB: I suspect that you've miscounted the spots, or some of them have merged - there should be sixteen (Halyzia sedecimguttata)!
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"We are on Earth to do good to others.
What the others are here for, I don't know."
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lemars
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Registered: September 2010
Location: north of Bordeaux France
Posts: 89
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Thank you for your comment Paul. I can't believe the range of your interests and knowledge (think I might have mentioned that before though).
I had to look that ladybird up and I definitely counted the spots - there were 7 aside - so when I found this site and this comment:
http://www.uksafari.com/ladybird16so.htm
“Usually features 16 creamy-white coloured spots, but there can be as few as 14 spots. It has an orange head, and legs, and the eyes are black.”
...................I believed it (not having anything else to go on, so to speak).
There are definitely only 14 - but I've let it go now. I wish I'd woken it up before I took the photo this morning, but I was concerned I might be containing it for too long.
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