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Seven-spotted Ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)Coccinella septempunctata, the Seven-spot Ladybird (or, in North America, Seven-spotted Ladybug), is the most common ladybird in Europe. It belongs to the order Coleoptera, Family Coccinellidae. Its elytra are of a red colour, but punctuated with three black spots each, with one further spot being spread over the junction of the two, making a total of seven spots, from which the species derives both its common and scientific names (from the Latin septem = "seven" and punctata = "spots").
C. septempunctata has a broad ecological range, living almost anywhere where there are aphids for it to eat. Both the adults and the larvae are voracious predators of aphids, and because of this, C. septempunctata has been repeatedly introduced to North America as a biological control agent to reduce aphid numbers, and is now established in North America and has been subsequently designated the official State insect of six different states (Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee).
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The seven pointed little pig (in Latin). I watched these guys in my garden and I really appreciate them. It's interesting to watch the larva-they're not ugly but look interesting. They're grey with orange spots with a double row of tiny barbs. They like hanging out on the beet plants-I guess these flies are laying their eggs on the leaves and these maggots start eating the leaf from the inside. I think the adults and their larvae like to eat the maggots. When I see a maggot I tear of the part of the leaf that is eaten. Any way the lady bug larvae are going pupae right now on the leaves and is interesting to watch
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Yes he has aphids for dinner!
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