Hear about one of the rarest and most beautiful ladybirds in Europe, its unique habitat and lifestyle. 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333761329_Niche_width_and_niche_specialization_in_four_species_of_ladybirds_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_co-occurring_in_the_same_habitat

https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/12592/sospita_vigintiguttata.html#:~:text=Sospita%20vigintiguttata%20(Linnaeus%201758)%20is,(probably)%2C%20..more

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261474185_Notes_on_the_overwintering_of_marshy_forest_ladybirds_in_Poland_and_on_the_colour_change_in_Sospita_vigintiguttata_throughout_the_winter

https://www.kul.pl/files/658/aphids17/16_Florek_Tragarz_Ceryngier.pdf 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Svenja-Christian/publication/320728530_First_records_of_the_ladybird_beetle_Sospita_vigintiguttata_Linnaeus_1758_and_the_skin_beetle_Reesa_vespulae_Milliron_1939_from_Luxembourg_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_and_Dermestidae/links/59f81f65aca272607e2da08d/First-records-of-the-ladybird-beetle-Sospita-vigintiguttata-Linnaeus-1758-and-the-skin-beetle-Reesa-vespulae-Milliron-1939-from-Luxembourg-Coleoptera-Coccinellidae-and-Dermestidae.pdf 

https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=713446 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229694362_Habitat_preferences_and_diet_in_the_predatory_Coccinellidae_Coleoptera_an_evolutionary_perspective 

https://www.kerbtier.de/Pages/Themenseiten/enCoccinellidae.html 

https://observation.org/photos/93720432/ 

https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117123/sospita_vigintiguttata_-_pupa.html 

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/habitats/woodland/wet-woodland

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Photo credit: 2008 David Vaudoré - https://www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/ref-220533.htm 

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