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Locaton: Hungary
Size: just a few mm.
Habitat: garden
Date: 13-02-07

I found it on an sorb-tree in my garden. It was very tiny and perfectly motionless and sat benumbed on a branch. It seemed to be like a Ladybird but it was smaller maybe. Has four red spots on its black chitin as you can see below. Probably not a rare species but I don't know what this beetle is exactly.

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I think this is a common variant of Adalia bipunctata. Very common in Hungary.

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I agree with Xespok. This is a colour variation of Adalia bipunctata. See original type of A.bipunctata coloration on the picture attached.
Cheers, Sergey

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Why not Exochomus quadripustulatus ?

Ben

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I agree with Ben, this must be E. 4-pustulatus. Shape and position of the spots point directly to that species.

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Hello
In FE this species is Brumus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Louis

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Just a reminder that Fauna Europaea also expresses the opinion of the contributing/consulted specialists when it come to the nomenclature used. It does not always mean that is the most widely accepted nomenclature, though usually it probably is.

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Hi

Thank you all of you who tried to ID this beetle. "N?gypettyes szerencsekata" is the nice Hungarian name of this beetle probably undecipherable for you