Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Two-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird)

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Adalia bipunctata f. quadrimaculata
Two-spot Ladybird - Red-on-black Four Spotted Form
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 		Form 3 images
Adalia bipunctata f. typica
Two-spot Ladybird - Typical Form
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAdalia bipunctata (Two-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird)
FamilyCOCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Adalia bipunctata (Two-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird) :
1: Adalia bipunctata (Two-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird)
1 Jul 1971 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Pupae
Image 1: Pupae - detail - enlargedImage 2: Pupae - enlargedImage 3: Pupa - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Majerus, M. & Kearns, P. 1989 Ladybirds Naturalists’ Handbooks, 10, 103pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Roy, H., Rowland, F., Brown, P., Ware, R. & Majerus, M. 2005 Ecology of the Harlequin Ladybird - a new invasive species British Wildlife Vol 16, No. 6: 403-407.

Adalia bipunctata (Two-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Adalia bipunctata (Two-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Adalia bipunctata (Two-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird)
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