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mickey mouse lady bug

mrtjformanmrtjforman Posts: 331
in Wildlife gardening
spotted an interesting ladybug I haven't seen before. Seen red, orange, yellow, 2 spot, 4 spot, more spots, but this one I haven't seen before. I am sure there is a proper name for it but I am calling it mickey mouse.





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  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    it is actually just a fairly unusual colour form of the common 2-spot ladybird.

    https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/2-spot-ladybird
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It could be the f. conspicua varient of the harlequin ladybird.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    You must have been very taken with it, you’ve posted 5 photos of it! 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • mrtjformanmrtjforman Posts: 331
    no I took way more. Very hard to get an in focus picture of something so small on an iphone lol
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