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Length 3.5 - 4.5 mm
Phenology April to August
Description A small (3.5-4.5mm), chrome-yellow beetle ladybird with 22 black spots on its back. Its colour pattern varies very little. with two colour varieties, one where the pronotum is yellow, the other where it is white.Antennae, palpi and legs dark yellow, femora extensively darker and outer edge of tibiae black.
Widely distributed and generally common on low vegetation in southern Britain, both adult and larvae are herbivorous and Fungus-feeder, eating mildews on leaves, especially of umbellifers such as carrot and parsnip. It can be found from April until August.
Life History
Habitat
A common grass and meadowlond species Since it feeds on mildew, grazing from the soil surface it is generally found on herbage low to the ground
