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	Hunt for the harlequin ladybird - Natural History Museum
		The harlequin ladybird was introduced to North America from Asia to control plant pests and, 20 years later, has become North America's commonest ladybird.
		The UK Harlequin Ladybird Survey is a collaboration between the University of Cambridge, Anglia Polytechnic University and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
		Ladybirds are unpalatable to most predators and the warning colours advertise this.
	www.nhm.ac.uk /about-us/news/2005/march/news_3416.html (576 words)

	Ladybird - Introduction
		Ladybird books are known and loved the world over.
		For millions of people, they bring back the golden days of childhood - learning to read and discovering the magic of books.
		Ladybird famously combines high quality with value for money, and fun for young, developing readers with educational integrity.
	books.ladybird.co.uk (76 words)

	The London and Essex Ladybird (Coccinellidae) Surveys: recording ladybirds in London and Essex
		The 22-spot is unusual amongst ladybirds in that it eats fungi (mildew) on the soil surface or on low plants.
		It is closely related to the smaller 24-spot ladybird (which eats grasses and other plants): all-red apart from their spots and somewhat dull due to small hairs visible under a hand lens.
		This ladybird was the first to be used successfully for biological control (of the cottony cushion scale on citrus trees in California.
	www.ladybird-survey.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /londonla.htm (3196 words)

	Ladybird Beetle - MSN Encarta
		Ladybird beetles are often red or orange above, spotted with fl, white, or yellow.
		All the ladybird beetles, with the exception of the members of one vegetation-eating genus, are carnivorous.
		Because of the help ladybird beetles render farmers in destroying agricultural pests, the beetles were popularly regarded in the Middle Ages as instruments of benevolent intervention by the Virgin Mary, whence the common name ladybird.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572293/Ladybird_Beetle.html (437 words)

	Augsburg College Biology - Photo of Month - September-October 2003
		Ladybird beetles are among the most familiar and recognizable of insects, but most people either don't notice their larvae or don't realize what they are when they see them.
		Ladybird beetle larvae are often as colorful as the adults, with ferocious-looking spikes of several colors covering their bodies.
		Ladybird beetles are well known for their appetites for soft-bodies insects such as aphids, and they are often introduced to gardens, agricultural plantings, or greenhouses for insect control.
	www.augsburg.edu /biology/photoofmonth/ladybird.html (977 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - UK Wildlife - Springwatch seven-spot ladybird
		Ladybirds emerge from hibernation from February onwards, sometimes earlier in the south.
		Millions of ladybirds died of starvation when their food supply ran out and one or two may have been desperate enough to nibble people.
		There are currently 46 ladybird species in the UK and the rarer ones could vanish in less than 10 years if the harlequin becomes established.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/animals/wildbritain/springwatch/record/ladybird.shtml (844 words)

	Ladybird Books
		Ladybird Books is a London-based publishing company that produces children's books.
		Ladybird became part of Penguin Books in 1999, and the Loughborough factory closed.
		In the 1960s Ladybird produced the Learnabout series of factual books, some of which were used by adults as well as children.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/l/la/ladybird_books.html (190 words)

	LADYBIRD BEETLE Coccinella septempunctata
		Ladybird beetles are commonly known as Ladybugs and are among the most beneficial insects in the garden.
		Ladybird beetles often catch the attention of people because of their habit of forming large aggregations in the fall.
		Ladybird beetles are often encountered in large numbers in the fall when they are preparing to hibernate.
	www.eduwebs.org /bugs/ladybird_beetle.htm (247 words)

	The behavior of the ladybird and its ability as a predator
		The ladybird is one of the best-known predators in North America (Hoffmann and Frodsham, 1993).
		The ladybird is attracted to the odour of their prey and stay in the area where the prey is, or has recently been.
		The ladybird have tendency to stay and lay eggs only in areas where the aphid population density is high means that they attack aphids only when these are sufficiently numerous to support a generation of larvae (Wratten, 1973).
	www.colostate.edu /Depts/Entomology/courses/en507/papers_2001/olsen.htm (3200 words)

	Gordon's Ladybird Beetle Page
		The red base colour of the elytra is said to represent her cloak and the 7 fl spots to represent the 'Virgins' 7 joys and 7 sorrows.
		Relating Ladybirds to the Virgin Mary is not unusual, in 1991 Dr. A.W. Exell published his book "History of the Ladybird" in which he cites 329 common names for the Ladybird from 55 countries, of which over 80 refer to the Virgin Mary and more than 50 are dedicated to God.
		Ladybird ladybird fly away home, Your house is on fire and your children all gone.
	www.earthlife.net /insects/coccinel.html (987 words)

	Cheshire Wildlife Trust, Harlequin Ladybird
		There are 46 species from the ladybird family (Coccinellidae) in Britain and the arrival of the harlequin ladybird is a potential threat to all of these.
		When their preferred food, of green fly and scale insects, is not available the harlequin readily preys on native ladybirds and other insects such as butterfly eggs, caterpillars and lacewing larvae.
		The UK harlequin Ladybird Survey is a collaboration between the University of Cambridge, Anglia Polytechnic University and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
	www.wildlifetrust.org.uk /cheshire/news_ladybird.htm (650 words)

	Ladybirds
		Several ladybirds, including the common 2-spot ladybird, are remarkable for their wide range of colour patterning.
		Larva of the seven-spot ladybird feeding on aphids
		Other beneficial insects, ranked together with ladybirds, as important natural enemies of aphid pests and deserving all the protection we can give them, are the young stages of hover-flies and lacewings.
	www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk /lbird.htm (1167 words)

	Ladybird - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		The commonest species are the two-spot and larger seven-spot ladybirds, although about 40 others can also be found in the British Isles.
		Ladybirds are brightly coloured, warning predators of their bitter taste, which helps survival.
		Ladybird larvae can be purchased via mail order as biological pest control for your garden.
	www.rspb.org.uk /gardens/guide/atoz/l/ladybird.asp (247 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Seven-spot ladybird
		The ladybird's bright colours are a warning to predators of its foul taste.
		It is thought that pheromones are released by hibernating ladybirds which attract other ladybirds to hibernate in the same place.
		Ladybirds can be seen piled on top of one another while hibernating, the advantage of this is perhaps that less heat is lost, increasing their chances of surviving the cold of winter.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/412.shtml (381 words)

	New Ladybird - Accidental introduction
		Some people are confusing it with two or three other ladybirds, which are quite common in crops in Australia and have been recorded for many years.
		The spotted amber ladybird is smaller than the elevenspotted ladybird and not as curved (ie elevenspotted ladybird holds its head lower and under).
		The transverse ladybird is much larger and the spots on the wingcovers merge.
	www.sardi.sa.gov.au:82 /pages/entomolo/ladybird_sa.htm:sectID=20&tempID=8 (302 words)

	Harlequin Ladybird
		There had been a previous claim of a Harlequin Ladybird found in an Attenborough garden earlier in the year, but as there was no specimen or photograph as supporting evidence, the record could not be accepted by the county recorder Dr Sheila Wright.
		The Harlequin Ladybird is of Asian origin and was introduced as a natural pest control into North America in 1988, where it is now the most widespread species.
		With a history of potential threat to American ladybirds, it was still introduced into Italy in the last decade, from where it has since spread throughout much of Europe, eventaully arriving in Britain during the Summer of 2004.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /eakringbirds3/ladybirdharlequin.htm (903 words)

	Ladybird Beetle - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Ladybird Beetle - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Ladybird Beetle, common name for any of about 6,000 species of brightly colored beetles found in temperate and tropical regions throughout the...
		Beetle, insect belonging to the order Coleoptera, the largest group of animals on Earth.
	encarta.msn.com /Ladybird_Beetle.html (118 words)

	Invasive Ladybird Threatens UK Species
		There are 46 species of ladybird (Coccinellidae) resident in Britain and the recent arrival of the Harlequin ladybird is a major threat to many of these.
		The Harlequin ladybird is also partial to overwintering inside houses in huge numbers where their defecations destroy upholstery, curtains and wallpaper.
		Andrew Whitehouse of Buglife comments, It is staggering that a species like the Harlequin Ladybird, which has been well documented as being highly invasive and devastating to native invertebrate species in the US, is still on sale in the US and in continental Europe as a biological control agent.
	www.buglife.org.uk /html/Harlequin_Ladybird_Survey.htm (396 words)

	Common Spotted Ladybird - Harmonia conformis
		A ladybird will consume at least 2400 aphids during her life-span, about one to two months.
		Their crochet is at the tip of their abdomen, which can hold onto a surface, help them for walking from leaf to leaf.
		After the ladybird comes out from the pupa, it has to wait for a few hour for its body to dry and the body colour and pattern gradually appear.
	www.geocities.com /brisbane_ladybirds/CommonSpotted.htm (508 words)

	ladybugs - Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae
		Ladybird adults are oval, range in length from about 1 mm to over 10 mm depending upon species, and have wings.
		Ladybirds of the tribe Halyziini (of the subfamily Coccinellinae) feed on fungal growths (mildews) on the leaves of plants.
		These predatory ladybirds contribute to the regulation of populations of their prey, and in some situations contribute a high level of regulation.
	creatures.ifas.ufl.edu /beneficial/lady_beetles.htm (3937 words)

	manufacturrs of boys clothes clothing -- Ladybird
		The Ladybird clothing for younger children was available in a wide range of clothing stores.
		Ladybird were at the cheaper end of the market, I think.
		Ladybird also used to cater for younger boys whose mums wanted them to be fashionable but at a smart price.
	www.histclo.com /fashion/store/man/alpha/l/man-lady.html (1070 words)

	Harlequin Ladybird Survey - home
		The harlequin ladybird was introduced to North America in 1988, where it is now the most widespread ladybird species on the continent.
		The distribution map on the left or the annnual spread maps show that it has spread rapidly north and west from the southeast of England since its first sighting.
		There are 46 species of ladybird (Coccinellidae) resident in Britain and the recent arrival of the harlequin ladybird has the potential to jeopardise many of these.
	www.harlequin-survey.org (201 words)

	Ladybird Ladybird (1994) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ken Loache's "Ladybird, Ladybird" is a superb film, and even manages to improve on the director's two earlier efforts from this decade; "Riff Raff," (1991) and the remarkable "Raining Stones" (1993).
		Perhaps the most obvious thing to mention about "Ladybird, Ladybird" first of all, is the quality of the performances.
		Whilst "Ladybird, Ladybird" provides little answers to these questions, it does, at least represent that at least Britain has a filmmaker out there who really does know what's going on in modern day England.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0110296 (595 words)

	UK Ladybird Survey - homepage
		The Ladybird Survey aims to facilitate the recording of all the UK's ladybirds.
		In Britain, some 46 species belong to this family, although only 26 of these are recognisably ladybirds.
		The invasion of the harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) threatens our native populations.
	www.ladybird-survey.org (138 words)

	Ladybird Preschool and English Activity Centre, Jakarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ladybird is an English-medium Preschool and Kindergarten open to children of any nationality.
		Our ‘play and learn’ preschool programs are carefully designed around developmentally appropriate activities which will meet your child’s social, emotional, physical and intellectual needs.
		Please come and take a look around one of our schools or call us today to arrange a free trial class!
	www.ladybird.or.id (98 words)

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