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

Roy Helen E. (2010) Coccinellids in a changing world. In: Ecology of Aphidophaga (eds.: P. Kindlmann).. , Springer Academic Publishers, Netherlands ,
Roy Helen E., Migeon A. (2010) Non-native coccinellids in Europe. In: DAISIE: Non-natives invertebrates in Europe (ed. A. Roques).. BioRisk, Springer Academic Publishers, Netherlands 4, 293–313
Brown Peter M. J. (2010) The spread of the harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Europe and its effect on native ladybirds. , Anglia Ruskin University, ,
Ribbands B., Brown Peter M. J., Roy Helen E., Majerus Michael E. N. (2009) The most northerly record of the harlequin ladybird (Col., Coccinellidae) in the British Isles.. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, , 145, 43-44
Roy Helen E., Wajnberg Eric, Roy Helen E., Wajnberg Eric (2008) From biological control to invasion: the ladybird Harmonia axyridis as a model species. From Biological Control to Invasion: the Ladybird Harmonia axyridis as a Model Species, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht , 1-4
Brown Peter M. J., Adriaens Tim, Bathon H., Cuppen J., Goldarazena A., Hägg T., Kenis Marc, Klausnitzer B. E. M., Kovář I., Loomans Antoon J. M., Majerus Michael E. N., Nedved O., Pedersen J., Rabitsch W., Roy Helen E., Ternois V., Zakharov I. A., Roy D. B. (2008) Harmonia axyridis in Europe: spread and distribution of a non-native coccinellid. BioControl, , 53, 5-21
Brown Peter M. J., Roy Helen E., Rothery Peter, Roy D. B., Ware Remy L., Majerus Michael E. N., Roy Helen E., Wajnberg Eric (2008) Harmonia axyridis in Great Britain: analysis of the spread and distribution of a non-native coccinellid. From Biological Control to Invasion: the Ladybird Harmonia axyridis as a Model Species, Springer Netherlands, , 55-67
Brown Peter M. J., James Trevor J., Stewart Alan JA, Roy Helen E. (2008) Mapping insect distributions in the 21st Century: a role for the Royal Entomological Society in partnership with the Biological Records Centre and the National Biodiversity Network.. Antenna,, , 32, 149-151
Roy Helen E., Brown Peter M. J., Ware Remy L., Michie Laura J., Beckmann B, Majerus Michael E. N. (2008) The harlequin ladybird marches on. British Wildlife, , 19, 182-186
Holroyd O., Brown Peter M. J., Roy Helen E., Majerus Michael E. N. (2008) The harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, reaches Scotland. Entomologists’ Record and Journal of Variation, , 120, 42-43