Coccinellidae

HD video of a ladybird near an anthillBrumoides suturalis is longitudinally striped.Unusually for a Coccinellid, the mature Rhyzobius chrysomeloides is brown and unspotted.Coccinella transversalis, elytra in the open position. In this coccinellid, the black spots are so large they meet.A specimen of Harmonia axyridis in South Africa, freshly out of its pupa. Its black spots will develop as its exoskeleton hardens.A coccinellid photographed freshly out of its pupa, and two and four hours laterHenosepilachna guttatopustulata, a herbivore and one of the largest ladybirds, feeding on a potato leaf. This species is multicoloured.This yellow-shouldered ladybird (Apolinus lividigaster) feeding on an aphid has only two colour spots. Some species have none.Coccinella septempunctataLarvaPupal stageEggs with the head of a match to show the scaleLarva of Harmonia axyridis eating another one that was beginning to pupateFull wings of a Harmonia axyridis taking flightCoccinella septempunctataA yellow, twenty-two spot ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata).A brownish Scymnus sp. (tribe Scymnini)Ladybird starting flightLadybird feeding on a bug on the seed head of a grassLadybirds mating on a leafLadybird, ladybird, fly away homeYour house is on fire and your children are goneAll except one, and that's Little AnneFor she has crept under the warming pan.