Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Ten-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird)

Interactions where Adalia decempunctata is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
abdomen abdomen of imago is endoparasitoid host of larva Medina separata a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991
Medina separata (Meigen) (Dipt., Tachinidae) new to Britain, Ford, T.H., 1989
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Medina separata/Medina separataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Adalia decempunctata/Adalia decempunctataten-spot ladybird, 10-spot ladybirdabdomenimago larva is endoparasitoid of abdomen of imago

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera)Entomologist’s Record and journal of variation 103: 23-38.
Ford, T.H., 1989Medina separata (Meigen) (Dipt., Tachinidae) new to BritainEnt. Mon. Mag. 125: 139-140.

Adalia decempunctata (Ten-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Adalia decempunctata (Ten-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAdalia decempunctata (Ten-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird)
FamilyCOCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Adalia decempunctata (Ten-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird)

Adalia decempunctata (Ten-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Banks, C.J. 1956 A second record of a tachinid (Dipt.) parasite bred from one of the Coccinellidae (Col., Coccinellidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. 92: 188.
Walker, M.F. 1962 Degeeria luctuosa (Meig.) (Dipt., Tachinidae) as a Coccinellid parasite Ent. Mon. Mag. 98: 20.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Adalia decempunctata (Ten-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 36 images of Adalia decempunctata (Ten-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird)
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