

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 punctus = "spot"). Coccinella septempunctata La coccinella comune (Coccinella septempunctata L., 1758) è un insetto che appartiene alla famiglia delle Coccinellidae. adults was carried out from 1998 to 2002 in the Tiber Valley, in the Botanical Garden of. The pupal stage may last from three to 12 days depending on the temperature. A second generation may appear about a month later. Large larvae may travel up to 12 m in search of prey.

1).This beetle species is a generalist, living on diverse plant surfaces 3839. The research on pre-diapause feeding of C. septempunctata larvae grow from about 1 mm to 4-7 mm in length over a 10 to 30 day period depending on the supply of aphids. Coccinella septempunctata, the seven-spot ladybird (or, in North America, seven-spotted ladybug or "C-7"), is the most common ladybird in Europe. For this study, the seven-spotted ladybird beetle Coccinella septempunctata LINNAEUS 1758 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) was chosen (Fig.
