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Photo by Norman Pimlott
Photo by Norman Pimlott
Photo by Norman Pimlott
Photo by Norman Pimlott
Adalia bipunctata
The 2-spot ladybird is a medium-sized ladybird found in a wide variety of habitats, including parks, towns and gardens. Both adults and larvae feed on aphids, making them a friend in the garden. The adults hibernate over winter in bark or sometimes in houses, congregating in large numbers. The lifecycle of a ladybird consists of four phases: the egg; the larval stage, during which the larva undergoes a series of moults; the pupa in which the larva develops into an adult; and the adult phase, during which the female lays egg in batches of up to 40.I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. I’m a great place for you to tell a story and let your users know a little more about you.
How to identify
The 2-spot Ladybird is usually red with two black spots on the wing cases, but it also comes in a variety of other colour forms, right through to black with two red spots. The only likely species that may cause confusion is the 10-spot Ladybird, which is a similar size and similarly variable in pattern. However, 2-spot Ladybirds have black legs, while 10-spot Ladybirds have orange legs.