Looks like a 10 spot.A ridiculously small one landed on my arm in the park. I took lots of photos just to be sure ...
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[sad face] Haven't seen any yet ...
Seen a few and the aphids have certainly reduced on my roses over the last week or two.Lots of ladybirds at various stages of development in the garden this morning. Could be a repeat of the summer of ‘76? Aphids beware!
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I thought the ladybirds were brilliant that summer. We all tried to see how many we could get to walk on our hands. I also got sunburn for the first time.Seen a few and the aphids have certainly reduced on my roses over the last week or two.
Edit to add I can remember as a kid in 76 & being in East Anglia somewhere & going down a wooded coastal path which had steps going down that were carpeted in ladybirds & you could not help squashing them to get down. There were shed loads.
Yup
Cream streaked ladybird larva looks almost the exact same as the harlequin larva except it has 2 pale spikes and not 4
It's the 4 spotted form apparently, but the spots are on the edge of the Ladybird. I had to ask to confirm id because it looked as if it had recently emerged and I wasn't 100% sure.frogwoman - that's more green than cream. maybe better as a disguise ?
definitely not seen one of those before !