| Species |
Active Habitat |
Food |
Hostplant |
Overwintering site |
| Vedalia |
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coccids |
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| 24-spot |
grassland, meadow |
leaves |
various grasses and low growing plants |
low herbage, grass tussocks |
| Heather |
heather heathland, conifer scrub |
coccids |
various heathers, occasionally trees |
in litter or in bark crevices |
| Kidney-spot |
deciduous woodland |
coccids |
various deciduous trees, particularly sallows |
in sheltered positions on deciduous trees, usually near base |
| Pine |
trees |
coccids |
needled conifers, sallows and willows |
in leaf litter, foliage and bark crevices of evergreen trees and shrubs |
| 13-spot |
wetlands |
aphids |
reeds |
unknown |
| Adonis' |
herbage and shrub layers on well drained soils |
aphids |
various |
in leaf litter or on low plants |
| Water |
reed-beds and wetlands |
aphids |
reeds and rushes |
between leaves and in stems of reeds, grass tussocks |
| 2-spot |
very varied |
aphids |
very varied |
in houses, on bark |
| 10-spot |
deciduous trees and hedgerows |
aphids |
various trees |
leaf litter, beech nuts |
| Scarce 7-spot |
varied but close to ant nests |
aphids |
various |
various, but close to ant nests |
| Hieroglyphic |
heather heathland |
larvae of heather leaf beetle |
various heathers |
litter under heather |
| 5-spot |
unstable river shingle |
aphids |
various |
gorse, under shingle stones, in leaf litter |
| 14-spot |
varied |
aphids |
various |
various, usually low down |
| Cream-spot |
hedgerows and deciduous trees |
aphids and psyllids |
various deciduous trees and shrubs |
plant litter, bark crevices, beech nuts |
| 18-spot |
mature Scots pine |
aphids |
Scots pine |
High on Scots pine |
| Striped |
Scots pine woodland |
aphids |
Scots pine |
Unknown |
| 22-spot |
low vegetation |
mildews |
various, particularly hogweed |
in low herbage |
| Bryony |
low herbage |
leaves of white bryony and other curcurbits |
white bryony |
low herbage |
| Larch |
needled conifers |
adelgids, coccids |
larch, firs, pines, etc |
bark crevices of conifers |
| 16-spot |
grassland, meadow |
pollen, nectar, fungi |
various grasses and low plants |
low herbage, in gorse, in plant litter, on fence posts and stone walls, often in large aggregations |
| 11-spot |
varied, but particularly dune systems |
aphids |
various |
plant litter |
| Cream-streaked |
conifer woodland |
aphids |
needled conifers |
on conifers |
| Orange |
deciduous trees |
mildews |
deciduous trees, particularly sycamore and ash |
leaf litter or in sheltered positions on trees |
| 7-spot |
varied, but often low herbage |
aphids |
very varied |
in low herbage, in conifer foliage |
| Eyed |
needled conifers |
aphids |
needled conifers, particularly pines |
in soil or leaf litter |
| Harlequin |
very varied |
aphids, coccids, adelgids, coccinellids, fruit |
various, particularly lime and sycamore |
in houses, on rocky surfaces |
| Rhyzobius litura |
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| Coccidula rufa |
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| Scymnus frontalis |
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| Cheilomenes lunata |
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| Scymnus suturalis |
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| Coccidula scutellata |
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