| Although
supposedly a pretty widespread ladybird in
Nottinghamshire, this 18-spot Ladybird was an unexpected
find at Haywood Oaks on August 15th 2006. The 18-spot
Ladybird is a fairly small species and a tree dweller,
showing a preference for the tops of Scots Pines. The
background colouration is a rich brown (Cream-spot
Ladybird is darker and a larger insect) ID can be
clinched by the rounded 'M' mark on the Pronotum. Our
second record was not to come until April 2010, when we
beat one from a Pine on Budby South Forest, which was the
first Sherwood Forest record in over a century. In August
2013, we beat numbers of this Ladybird from two small
Scot's Pines growing on a council estate near Oak Tree
Heath at Mansfield. |
