AuthorMajerus, M. & Kearns, P.
Year1989
TitleLadybirds
ISBN0 85546 267 1
SeriesNaturalists’ Handbooks
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteField key to Ladybirds, microscope key covers all UK species known at the time
SourceNaturalists’ Handbooks, 10, 103pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
IllustrationsLine drawings alongside text, plus four colour plates of paintings bound in the centre
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Dichotomous field keys to adults and fourth instar larvae, and more rigorous key to adults requiring stereo-microscope examination of specimens.
Errata, Corrigenda & Comments

Key to Larvae p77, diagrams III.5 and III.6 reversed.

Key to adults: p71: *Aphidecta* could key out to couplet 24 as it has elongate body and raised border to central projection of first sternite.

Examine with x8 or x10 hand lens ( Stereo Microscope is also useful)
Specimen PreparationLive specimens
Identification difficultyFairly straightforward. Much easier than Pope’s RES Handbook.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentCOCCINELLIDAEladybirds, ladybugsAnimalia: Coleoptera
For identification, colour varietiesCurrentAdalia bipunctataTwo-spot Ladybird, 2-spot LadybirdAnimalia: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae
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