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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
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[Adonia variegata][Adonia variegata]Image 4934 2006-10-29
Stanwick Lakes, Northamptonshire, GB


Image 4232 2005-08-27
Great Cornard, Suffolk, GB


[Adonia variegata][Adonia variegata]Image 4231 2005-08-27
Great Cornard, Suffolk, GB


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