Ladybird Records


Shropshire Ladybirds	Above: Eyed ladybird, Wyre Forest, March 2005

This web page presents the current recorded status of ladybirds in Shropshire.

Only those beetles typically thought of as Ladybirds are listed here. There are other beetles in the same family (Coccinellidae) but these are not always recognised as Ladybirds.

The Shropshire Invertebrates Group welcomes records of ladybirds. Please send your records to Ian Thompson at salopladybirds@f2s.com

Please make sure to include a grid reference of where you found it, the date you found it, your name and of course the type of ladybird.

To help find a grid reference just zoom in on the map below using the '+' sign and move to the place you found it using the arrow symbols or by clicking and dragging the map. Then click once on the map and read the grid reference produced to the right of the map starting 'SJ or SO.

To help identify the ladybird you could buy the Field Studies Guide on Ladybirds available from: here

Or try the UK Ladybird Survey web site: www.ladybird-survey.org

Alternatively, if you keep a specimen, the Shropshire Invertebrates Group will be pleased to identify it for you.

NEWS - The Harlequin Ladybird is now in Shropshire (first recorded 9th Sept 2007). If you see a an unusually large ladybird, it could well be a Harlequin Ladybird. Be sure to visit the Harlequin Ladybird survey web page for guidance on identification.

Ladybird records

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English Name	Latin Name
Pine Ladybird	Exochomus quadripustulatus	Map
Seven-spot ladybird	Coccinella septempunctata	Map
Eyed Ladybird	Anatis ocellata	Map
Fourteen-spot ladybird	Propylea quattuordecimpunctata	Map
Hieroglyphic Ladybird	Coccinella hieroglyphica	Map
Sixteen-spot Ladybird	Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata	Map
Adonis' Ladybird	Adonia variegata	Map
Cream-spot Ladybird	Calvia quattuorodecimguttata	Map
Harlequin ladybird	Harmonia axyridis	Map
Larch ladybird	Aphidecta obliterata	Map
Scarce seven-spot ladybird	Coccinella magnifica	Map
Ten-spot ladybird	Adalia decempunctata	Map
Twenty-four-spot Ladybird	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	Map
Twentyfour-spot ladybird	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	Map
Twenty-two-spot Ladybird	Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata	Map
Two-spot Ladybird	Adalia bipunctata	Map
Kidney-spot Ladybird	Chilocorus renipustulatus	Map
Orange Ladybird	Halyzia sedecimguttata	Map
Twenty four-spot ladybird	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	Map
Twenty two-spot ladybird	Thea vigintiduopunctata	Map
Water Ladybird	Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata	Map
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About the maps

Search and select a species by the english or scientific name then click 'Map'.

The blue square represents a tetrad (2x2km) and when you click the map a tetrad sized square will be highlighted. To the right of the map you will be told the grid reference of where you clicked, the tetrad name, plus the year the species was last seen there.

Click 'Satellite' on the map to use satellite or aerial photos as the backdrop. Use the ' + ' and ' - ' symbols to zoom in and zoom out. Click and hold the map to move around.

You can also zoom to a postcode or place using the search window.

To create a link to that specific place click 'link to this map' at the bottom of the map then copy the web page address from the address window at the top of the screen.