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Kidney-spot ladybird

Chilocorus renipustulatus

Description:

Small ladybird 3-5 mm with a very round-domed shape.

Habitat:

Often found on trunks, branches and twigs rather than leaves. I found it on a blackberry

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3 Comments

arlanda
arlanda 12 years ago

twice stabbed lady beetle! What a nice name!

jprat001
jprat001 12 years ago

ive also heard of it as the 'twice stabbed lady beetle', a beneficial insect for the garden

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

Very striking!

arlanda
Spotted by
arlanda

Tapia de Casariego, Asturias, Spain

Spotted on Sep 5, 2011
Submitted on Sep 5, 2011

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