This is one of FSC virtual meet ups (VMUs) on Zoom which we've started doing in response to the COVID-19 lockdown. These free online webinars covered  topics such as invertebrate ecology, easy to ID species/groups, or projects/recording schemes we can all get involved with.

Helen Roy and Peter Brown from the UK Ladybird survey joined us in this webinar to show us how to get started with ladybird larve identification. Ladybirds belong to the scientific family Coccinellidae. In Britain there are nearly 50 species within this family, although only 26 of these are recognisable as ladybirds. This talk introduces some of the common species found in gardens. 

To sign up to future webinars please visit: https://www.field-studies-council.org/biolinks-courses/

You can find the FSC identification guides mentioned here:  https://www.field-studies-council.org/product-category/publications/ 

You can find out more about the UK Ladybird Survey here: https://www.coleoptera.org.uk/coccinellidae/home