Thursday 5 March 2015

7-spot Ladybird in Suffolk


This 7-spot Ladybird was very close to our Suffolk home. I imagine a bit of sunshine had caused the insect to arise from its overwintering state. You can see the early signs of new spring growth on the shrub.

I have just added this sighting to iRecord so that the information can be used by the UK Ladybird Survey

12 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Pretty ladybug! Great sighting.

Crafty Green Poet said...

beautiful photo Caroline, always lovely to see a ladybird!

Adam Tilt said...

Nice find Caroline. I've still not seen any Ladybirds this year.

L. D. said...

They are a very good looking bug. I don't think they like snow so we won't be seeing them for a while.

Ragged Robin said...

Lovely to see a 7-spot. All I seem to see at the moment are Harlequin - there seem to be dozens crawling round the bathroom!

Amanda Peters said...

I have been keeping an eye out for Ladybirds as the Park, I do most of my blog from here.The park was over run with Harlequin Ladybirds last year, with big numbers at the end of the summer, they covered me as I walked round. I am interested how this has effected the Ladybird population. I too will record them.
Amanda xx

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

I do hope he did not waken to early. He is lovely. Have a lovely weekend.

eileeninmd said...

Caroline, thanks so much for linking up your post.. Have a happy Sunday!

Anonymous said...

Nice close-up shot.

Anonymous said...

Nice close-up shot.

Unknown said...

I love I love the pretty ladybug.

A Colorful World said...

What a lovely sign of spring!