Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird)

Interactions where Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata is the dominant partner and gains from the process

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

Stage		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
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Silene	campions and catchflies	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/	Silene	campions and catchflies			leaf		Major
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Silene	campions and catchflies	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/	Silene	campions and catchflies			leaf		Major
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Stellaria	chickweeds	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria/	Stellaria	chickweeds			leaf		Major
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Stellaria	chickweeds	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria/	Stellaria	chickweeds			leaf		Major
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Medicago sativa ssp sativa	Lucerne, Alfalfa	Fabales: Fabaceae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa subsp. sativa/	Medicago sativa subsp. sativa	lucerne, alfalfa			leaf		Major
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Medicago sativa ssp sativa	Lucerne, Alfalfa	Fabales: Fabaceae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa subsp. sativa/	Medicago sativa subsp. sativa	lucerne, alfalfa			leaf		Major
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Trifolium	clovers	Fabales: Fabaceae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium/	Trifolium	clovers			leaf		Major
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Trifolium	clovers	Fabales: Fabaceae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium/	Trifolium	clovers			leaf		Major
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Vicia	vetches	Fabales: Fabaceae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia/	Vicia	vetches			leaf		Major
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Vicia	vetches	Fabales: Fabaceae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia/	Vicia	vetches			leaf		Major
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Plantago	plantains	Lamiales: Plantaginaceae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago/	Plantago	plantains			leaf		Major
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Plantago	plantains	Lamiales: Plantaginaceae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago/	Plantago	plantains			leaf		Major
adult		adult grazes on leaf			[Herbaceous Plants]	herbaceous plants		Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/	Herbaceous Plants	herbaceous plants			leaf
larva		larva grazes on leaf			[Herbaceous Plants]	herbaceous plants		Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/	Herbaceous Plants	herbaceous plants			leaf
adult		adult grazes on leaf			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch			leaf		Minor
larva		larva grazes on leaf			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch			leaf		Minor

Author & Year	Title	Source
Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	Ladybirds	Naturalists’ Handbooks, 10, 103pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata (Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata (Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata (Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird)
Family	COCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
Superfamily	CUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata (Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird)

Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata (Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata (Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird):

COCCINELLIDAE
(ladybirds, ladybugs)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

BioImages

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