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The fourteen-spotted ladybird (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata) is smaller (and prettier) than the "regular" seven-spotted species.

 

But it still has the very same diet as they both eat aphids.

 

This particular one was looking for food on a leaf at Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park south of Stockholm, Sweden.

 

For a shot of what theis species looks like as a larvae, have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51815311525/

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