Stock Photo - Halequin Ladybrd beetle, Harmonia axyridis var succinea Red ladybird beetle with fourteen spots and distince white cheek patches on cement wall On nettle leaf The elytra are rather battered Asian l,adybird beetle comes from China and introduced for cotton crops in US, but spread to Great Britain and Europe Listed in International , UK and US databases as invasive species and pest, not for voracious appetite on other crop pests, but because it preys on 7spot ladybird larvae and dominates population Widely spread in Czech Republic and densely found in grain crops It will attack and butt other ladybirds off plants when grazing