Common name: Seven-spot Ladybird
Scientific name: Coccinella septempunctata 七星瓢蟲
Genus: Coccinella 瓢蟲屬
Family: Coccinellidae 瓢蟲科, ladybirds
Suborder: Polyphaga 多食亞目, non-water beetles and weevils 象甲, 象鼻蟲
Order: Coleoptera 鞘翅目, beetles
Remarks*: 7 small to modest-sized black spots on elytra 鞘翅 (vs 7 large spots in Coccinella magnifica, scarce 7-spot ladybird); white marks below forelegs only. (vs small white triangular marks on the underside, below both the middle and front legs in Coccinella magnifica 稀有七星瓢蟲, scarce 7-spot ladybird)
Status: This species was formerly one of the commonest ladybirds throughout Europe from lowlands to mountain areas, including the U.K., but a recent and drastic decline has occurred, in common with several other ladybirds, which is thought to be due to competition from the invasive Asian Harmonia axyridis 異色瓢蟲, Harlequin Ladybird. It occurs throughout the U.K. and remains locally common in many areas, especially in the south, although in nowhere near its former abundance.
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