LIFE HISTORIES
More pictures of early stages of various ladybirds
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Cream-spot ladybird The larvae are quite distinct with their creamy markings which increase in extent as the larva grows. It is quite a large animal in its final instar (right). |
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Pupae also are distinctively marked. They commonly found in cracks of bark. |  |
| Eyed ladybird This tree dweller is also distinctively marked with white patches. (No pictures yet but that to the right is of the evacuated exuvium) |
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Striped ladybird Photograph of larva by courtesy of David Element |
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Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Photograph of Australian larva by Peter Chew Very different from typical London ladybirds! |
CREATED 29/7/2002