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Coccinella
(a genus of ladybirds)

Coccinella septempunctata
(Seven-spot Ladybird)

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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Coccinella septempunctata L., 1758 (Seven-spot Ladybird)

Date:	9 June 1971
Location:	East Norfolk, England
State:	Larva
Record Summary:	Young larva eating aphid on Nettle

Images etc

naked eye photograph

Young larva eating aphid - dorsolateral view - enlarged

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