UK Ladybird Survey

Taxonomic Group (English)
Ladybirds
Taxonomic Group (Scientific)
Coleoptera: Coccinellidae
Website
http://www.coleoptera.org.uk/coccinellidae/home
Scheme Organiser
Helen Roy and Peter Brown
Email Address
hele@ceh.ac.uk
Address

Biological Records Centre
CEH Wallingford
Maclean Building
Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
OX10 8BB

About the scheme

The Ladybird Survey aims to facilitate the recording of all the UK's ladybirds.

Ladybirds belong to the scientific family Coccinellidae. In Britain, some 46 species belong to this family, although only 26 of these are recognisably ladybirds.

Record Cards / Digital Recording Form

Atlases

Roy Helen E., Brown Peter M. J., Frost R., Poland Remy (2011) Ladybirds (Coccinellidae) of Britain and Ireland. Field Studies Council, Shrewsbury .

References

Berkvens Nick, Bonte Jochem, Berkvens Dirk, Tirry Luc, Clercq Patrick (2007) Influence of diet and photoperiod on development and reproduction of European populations of Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). BioControl, , 53, 211-221
Adriaens Tim, San Martin y Gomez Gilles, Maes Dirk (2007) Invasion history, habitat preferences and phenology of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis in Belgium. BioControl, , 53, 69-88
Berkvens Nick, Bonte Jochem, Berkvens Dirk, Deforce Koen, Tirry Luc, Clercq Patrick (2007) Pollen as an alternative food for Harmonia axyridis. BioControl, , 53, 201-210
Brown Peter M. J., Roy Helen E. (2007) The spread of the Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis in late 2006.. Atropos, , 31, 32-33
Brown Peter M. J., Roy Helen E. (2007) The spread of the harlequin ladybird in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. Nature in Cambridgeshire, , 49, 55-57
Brown Peter M. J., Roy Helen E., Majerus Michael E. N. (2007) Update on the spread of an invasive ladybird. Biocontrol News and Information, , 28, 16-17