Calvia quattuordecimguttata
A maroon-coloured beetle with 14 cream coloured spots. The pronotum is maroon with cream markings, and the legs are brown. Length 4 to 5mm.
They feed on aphids and psyllids (plant lice, and are seen April to October.
Found in deciduous woods and hedgerows. Common and widespread throughout Britain, but scarcer further north into Scotland.
Photograph taken of Cream-spot Ladybird (Calvia quattuordecimguttata) May 2014, local woodland margin, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2014. Camera used Nikon D3200, with Sigma 105mm macro lens.
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