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| Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae | Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata - Sixteen-spot Ladybird |
| Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1761) [dbid 21726] Thirteen to eighteen spots, three are often fused. There is a rare melanic form f. poweri with entirely black pronotum and elytra. Widespread in southern England and Wales, absent from Scotland. Found in meadowlands, grasslands, roadside verges, low vegetation under hedges, and grass in heather heathland. Feeds on spores of rusts and mildew, or on nectar and pollen. |
| Synonyms: Tytthaspis 16-punctata |
| Vernacular names: EN: Sixteen-spot Ladybird EN: 16-spot Ladybird NL: 16-Stippelig Lieveheersbeestje |
| Image 5725 2007-04-15 Pegsdon, Bedfordshire, GB 16-spot Ladybird | ![[Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata]](/Ethumbs/00/0057/005725_t.jpg "Click to enlarge") | ![[Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata]](/Ethumbs/00/0042/004238_t.jpg "Click to enlarge") | Image 4238 2006-05-03 Little Cornard, Suffolk, GB 16-spot Ladybird |
| Image 4237 2006-05-03 Little Cornard, Suffolk, GB 16-spot Ladybirds | ![[Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata]](/Ethumbs/00/0042/004237_t.jpg "Click to enlarge") | ![[Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata]](/Ethumbs/00/0042/004236_t.jpg "Click to enlarge") | Image 4236 2005-05-10 Little Cornard, Suffolk, GB 16-spot Ladybird |
| Image 4235 2005-05-10 Little Cornard, Suffolk, GB 16-spot Ladybird | ![[Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata]](/Ethumbs/00/0042/004235_t.jpg "Click to enlarge") | ![[Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata]](/Ethumbs/00/0019/001926_t.jpg "Click to enlarge") | Image 1926 2005-09-02 Sharpenhoe Clappers, Bedfordshire, GB Sixteen-spot Ladybirds on Nettle leaf |
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