Harmonia axyridis of London
A rogues gallery.

 

A selection to demonstrate variation of patterns within the London area. This is of slightly more than passing interest: elytral patterns are genetically determined therefore a bias to any particular variant may indicate a founder effect.
 

Bunhill Fields, ix.2005	<	Shepherd's Bush, iix.2005	Chiswick, vi.2005	Notting Hill, iix.2005
Rotherhithe, iix.2005	<	<	<	<
Clapham, x.2004	Euston, iix.2005	Tottenham, iix.2004	Harold Wood, ix.2005	<
Highbury, ix.2005	<	Holloway, iix.2005	Bermondsey, ix.2005	Kensington, ix.2005
Kensal Green, ix.2005	Paddington, iix.2005	Wandsworth, vi.2005	West Ham, ix.2005	Woodside Park, ix.2005
Southwark Park, ix.2005	<	<	<	<
Hackney, ix.2005	<	<	<	<
Streatham, x.2005	Hackney, x.2005
Suffolk, x.2005

Thanks to Denzil Devos, Henri Gassend, Les Wilson and  Mick Massie for some of these pictures.

 

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CREATED 29.ix.2005