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Five-Spot Ladybird

Coccinella quinquepunctata

359Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr13
May44
Jun52
Jul107
Aug110
Sep19
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales107
2Highland Scotland68
3Carmarthenshire Wales38
4Ceredigion Wales37
5Aberdeenshire Scotland34
6Monmouthshire Wales26
7Perth and Kinross Scotland13
8Herefordshire, County of England11
9Moray Scotland11
10Worcestershire England4
11Aberdeen City Scotland4
12Oxfordshire England1
13Stirling Scotland1
14Angus Scotland1
17 England132 Scotland209 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
359
Peak month
August
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Coccinella quinquepunctata
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
351
Most recorded in
Powys, Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (pre-1994 criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Coccinella
Name with authority
Coccinella quinquepunctata Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1116071 · GBIF 5877900