UK Ladybird Survey

Taxonomic Group (English)
Ladybirds
Taxonomic Group (Scientific)
Coleoptera: Coccinellidae
Scheme Organiser
Helen Roy and Peter Brown
Email Address
ladybird-survey@ceh.ac.uk
Address

Biological Records Centre
CEH Wallingford
Maclean Building
Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
OX10 8BB

About the scheme

The Ladybird Survey aims to facilitate the recording of all the UK's ladybirds.

Ladybirds belong to the scientific family Coccinellidae. In Britain, some 46 species belong to this family, although only 26 of these are recognisably ladybirds.

Record Cards / Digital Recording Form

Atlases

Roy Helen E., Brown Peter M. J., Frost R., Poland Remy (2011) Ladybirds (Coccinellidae) of Britain and Ireland. Field Studies Council, Shrewsbury .

References

Brown Peter M.J., Roy Helen E., Lewington Richard (2019) Hidden treasures: recording Britain s lesser-known ladybirds. British Wildlife, British Wildlife Publishing, 30, 245-252
Hayhow D.B., Eaton M.A., Stanbury A.J., Burns F., Kirby W.B., Bailey N., Beckmann B., Bedford J., Boersch-Supan P.H., Coomber F., Dennis E.B., Dolman S.J., Dunn E., Hall J., Harrower C., Hatfield J.H., Hawley J., Haysom K., Hughes J., Johns D.G., Mathews F., McQuatters-Gollop A., Noble D.G., Outhwaite C.L., Pearce-Higgins J.W., Pescott O.L., Powney G.D., Symes N. (2019) State of nature 2019. , State of Nature Partnership, ,
Honek A., Martinkova Z., Dixon A. F. G., Skuhrovec J., Roy H. E., Brabec M., Pekar S. (2018) Life cycle of Harmonia axyridis in central Europe. Biocontrol, , 63, 241-252
Brown P. M. J., Roy H. E. (2018) Native ladybird decline caused by the invasive harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis: evidence from a long-term field study. Insect Conservation and Diversity, , 11, 230-239
Ceryngier P., Nedved O., Grez A. A., Riddick E. W., Roy H. E., San Martin G., Steenberg T., Vesely P., Zaviezo T., Zuniga-Reinoso A., Haelewaters D. (2018) Predators and parasitoids of the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, in its native range and invaded areas. Biological Invasions, , 20, 1009-1031
Wells P. M., Baverstock J., Clark S. J., Jiggins F. M., Roy H. E., Pell J. K. (2017) Determining the effects of life stage, shared prey density and host plant on intraguild predation of a native lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea) by an invasive coccinellid (Harmonia axyridis). BioControl, , 62, 373-384
Grez A. A., Zaviezo T., Roy H. E., Brown P. M. J., Segura B. (2017) In the shadow of the condor: invasive Harmonia axyridis found at very high altitude in the Chilean Andes. Insect Conservation and Diversity, , 10, 483-487
Viglášová Sandra, Nedved Oldřich, Zach Peter, Kulfan Jan, Parák Michal, Honek Alois, Martinkova Zdenka, Roy Helen E. (2017) Species assemblages of ladybirds including the harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis: a comparison at large spatial scale in urban habitats. BioControl, , 62, 409-421
Burns F., Eaton Mark A, Barlow K.E., Beckmann B, Brereton Tom M., Brooks D.R., Brown Peter M. J., Fulaij Al, Gent T., Henderson Ian G, Noble David G., Parsons M.S., Powney Gary D., Roy Helen E., Stroh P., Walker Kevin J., Wilkinson J.W., Wotton S.R., Gregory R.D. (2016) Agricultural management and climatic change are the major drivers of biodiversity change in the UK. PLoS ONE, , 11, e0151595
Dyer Robert James, Gillings Simon, Pywell Richard F, Fox Richard, Roy D. B., Oliver Tom H. (2016) Developing a biodiversity‐based indicator for large‐scale environmental assessment: a case study of proposed shale gas extraction sites in Britain. Journal of Applied Ecology, , ,