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Male E. sandaliatus are generally 6 to 9 millimetres (0.24 to 0.35 in) (a little bit smaller than other species of the E. cinnaberinus complex) and characterized by a bright orange back featuring four large and two small ebony spots. White hairs are never present on the back, and legs always lack red hairs.
The common English name ladybird originated in Britain where the insects became known as "Our Lady's birds". [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Mary ("Our Lady") was often depicted wearing a red cloak in early art, and the seven spots of the species Coccinella septempunctata (the most common in Europe) were said to represent her seven joys and seven sorrows . [ 8 ]
Eresus, also called ladybird spiders, [2] is a genus of velvet spiders (family Eresidae) that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805. [3] Members of the genus formerly called Eresus cinnaberinus or Eresus niger are now placed in one of three species: Eresus kollari , Eresus sandaliatus and Eresus moravicus .
[2] [5] The elytra is an oval shape that is widest in the middle and the abdomen has slightly different shape between male and female. The abdomen is truncate in males and more rounded in females. [2] The orange spotted ladybird is a medium-sized ladybird which has a hemispheric shape. [6]
Cycloneda sanguinea is a large ladybird beetle with red, unspotted elytra (wing covers) ranging from 4-6.5 mm long. The color ranges from orange to deep red. The white and black marks on the head and pronotum are very distinctive, and they are also gender-specific. Females and males both have white spots on the black part, but the female has ...
It is a rare species of ladybird which is about 8 mm long. Elytra is yellowish dark orange in color with black dots. [4] Adult female lays eggs singly or in cluster of 21 to 52 eggs on both surfaces of leaf, or sometimes on the dead aphid body. Eggs are yellowish, and oval shaped.
Adalia bipunctata, the two-spot ladybird, two-spotted ladybug or two-spotted lady beetle, is a carnivorous [1] beetle of the family Coccinellidae that is found throughout the holarctic region. It is very common in western and central Europe.
The ladybird spider's body, as with most velvet spiders, somewhat resembles those of species in the jumping spider family. The male has a highly contrasting black and orange-red coloration, while the female is completely black. The opisthosoma looks velvety, as the species's common name would imply. [4]