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Copyright: Karen ww (karen64) Silver Note Writer [C: 0 W: 0 N: 18] (66)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05-22
Categories: Insects
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-07-03 4:15
Viewed: 270
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Polish]
Coccinella septempunctata, the seven-spot ladybird (or, in North America, seven-spotted ladybug or "C-7"[1]), is the most common ladybird in Europe. Its elytra are of a red colour, but punctuated with three black spots each, with one further spot being spread over the junction of the two, making a total of seven spots, from which the species derives both its common and scientific names (from the Latin septem = "seven" and punctata = "spotted").

C. septempunctata has a broad ecological range, living almost anywhere where there are aphids for it to eat. Both the adults and the larvae are voracious predators of aphids, and because of this, C. septempunctata has been repeatedly introduced to North America as a biological control agent to reduce aphid numbers, and is now established in North America, and has been subsequently designated the official State insect of six different states (Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee).

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Coccinella
Species: C. septempunctata
Binomial name:
Coccinella septempunctata

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 590 W: 0 N: 497] (3004)
  • [2009-07-03 6:48]

Hi Karen !

Doskonałe makro, moje gratulacje!
Prüm zaskoczeni i dobrze zagrany.
Piękny dzień,
Adrian

Hi Karen,

Beautiful and accurate shot! with an F opening and shutter perfect for the situation. Good colors and details pretty good. I would liked composition a little more adjusted to the rules. but attempts to capture the moment y believe the central frame is sufficient.

Jesús

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