BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
POLYPHAGA
(mainly terrestrial beetles)
CUCUJOIDEA
COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)
Coccinella
(a genus of ladybirds)
Coccinella quinquepunctata
(Five-spot Ladybird)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Coccinella quinquepunctata L., 1758 (Five-spot Ladybird)

Suggested Literature

Coccinella quinquepunctata may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 COLEOPTERA
(beetles)		 COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)		 Coccinella
(a genus of ladybirds)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Coccinella quinquepunctata is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Coccinella quinquepunctata listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)		 COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

Associated with Coccinella quinquepunctata:

adult (paralysed) paralysed adult is endoparasitoid host of pupal cocoon Perilitus coccinellae - a braconid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989 [spun between the legs of the host]
adult adult is endoparasitoid host of larva Perilitus coccinellae - a braconid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989

Coccinella quinquepunctata may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 COLEOPTERA
(beetles)		 COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

References

Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989 Ladybirds

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