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Adalia decempunctata (L., 1758) (Ten-spot Ladybird)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Adalia decempunctata Imago 29 March 2003 Berks England 4
Adalia decempunctata In cop. 29 May 1977 North Hampshire England 10
Adalia decempunctata Imago 26 September 1975 Mid-west Yorkshire England 5
Adalia decempunctata Imago 16 August 1971 East Sussex England 2

Suggested Literature

General Works

Banks, C.J., 1956 A second record of a tachinid (Dipt.) parasite bred from one of the Coccinellidae (Col., Coccinellidae)
Walker, M.F., 1962 Degeeria luctuosa (Meig.) (Dipt., Tachinidae) as a Coccinellid parasite

Adalia decempunctata may also be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Adalia decempunctata is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Adalia decempunctata listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

Associated with Adalia decempunctata:

abdomen, imago abdomen of imago is endoparasitoid host of larva Medina separata - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991
Ford, T.H., 1989
Belshaw, R., 1993

Adalia decempunctata may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991 Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera)
Ford, T.H., 1989 Medina separata (Meigen) (Dipt., Tachinidae) new to Britain

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