Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
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A fairly large species, the Orange Ladybird is mycetophagous (fungus eating) and lives on the mildews of various trees. This individual was found on Sycamore. It has been found to be a common ladybird and particularly favours large leaved trees like Sycamore. This is also one ladybird which is likely to be found during the Winter/early Spring months, when the weather is still cool, as my wife and I have come across large numbers huddled together on the trunks of trees, most often Beech.
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UK distribution of Halyzia sedecimguttata
 

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Updated September 2011

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