Beetle: 11-spot ladybird (Adult)
Coccinella undecimpunctata
Tomlin & Joy (1914) give records of var. brevifasciata Weise, for Cloghane, Kerry, Roundstone and Dog's Bay, Galway and Portballintrae and Ballycastle, Antrim. In this form pairs of spots coalesce to form short bars. Otherwise not subject to much variation.
Copyright National Museums Northern Ireland, 2006
