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Exochomus nigromaculatus
It preys on various aphid species.
Southpalearctic species, Central and South Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Siberia. Very thermophilous species, lives on heathland on Erica, Calluna, Scotch broom and other shrubs.
ID provided by this wonderful website: http://www.kerbtier.de/ listed under the number # 6440 ! http://www.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/deSnapVie...
It is not such a big deal to determine whether something fits or not; quadripustulatus means that it has 4 marks and my hasn't any I as already wrote, it has colored sides by the eyes and your sugg doesn't and the shape is again totally different
Sorry Ira, but million percent not, it hasn't any spots apart from 2 colored bands close to the eyes but not on the elytra and the shape of its body is totally different ....
Spotted on Jul 10, 2013
Submitted on Jul 10, 2013
