As I returned home this evening I saw that one of the ladybird pupae adorning the inside of my porch had spawned a fresh ladybird, with translucent orange wing cases and just the merest hint of spots. A number of hours later it was looking more typically ladybird-like. I assume it is a Harlequin, owing to the big black ‘M’ on its head and the orange legs. That’s the early and later photos above, with the empty pupae case on the right.
Yikes! Aren’t you supposed to report those if you find one? (Lovely blog, by the way.)
I don’t think so, else I’d be reporting them every five minutes! They’re pretty common now I’m afraid, though only 6 years ago they were just emerging as an invasive threat.
They don’t seem to have reached us in Scotland yet. I thought they were still a potential threat rather than an actual one. Gosh!
Pretty, though…