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Cream-streaked ladybird
(
Harmonia 4-punctata
)
Size:
5 - 6mm
Basic colour:
pink, salmon, yellow
Pattern colour:
black spots and cream streaking
Number of spots:
4-20
Spot fusions:
not common
Melanic (black) form:
rare
Pronotum:
white with 5-9 black spots
Leg colour:
brown
Habitat:
conifer woodland
Host plant:
needled conifers
Overwintering:
on conifers
Food:
aphids
Other notes:
Arrived in Britain in the 1930s, first recorded in Suffolk. Has spread south, west and north and has reached Wales and Scotland. Often rests head-down on pine buds where it is very well camouflaged.