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| Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae | Adonia variegata - Adonis ladybird |
| Adonia variegata (Goeze, 1777) [dbid 21717] (4mm) Variable in colour, but the pronotum always has a fine, raised margin along its basal edge. Widespread, but local, in England and Wales. Typically found in herbage and shrub layers on well-drained soils. Feeds mainly on aphids, but also honeydew, pollen, nectar, and scale insects (Coccids). |
| Synonyms: Hippodamia variegata |
| Vernacular names: EN: Adonis ladybird EN: Russian Wheat-aphid Lady Beetle EN: Spotted Amber Lady Beetle EN: Variegated lady beetle |
| Image 10421 2009-06-28 -- | Image 4934 2006-10-29 Stanwick Lakes, Northamptonshire, GB | ||
| Image 4232 2005-08-27 Great Cornard, Suffolk, GB | Image 4231 2005-08-27 Great Cornard, Suffolk, GB |
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