According to the Woodland Trust, there are 26 types of ladybird in the UK, the most familiar of which is the seven-spot ladybird. You can tell this is a genuine seven-spot ladybird by the location of its spots, like dice they are always in the same places, the seventh spot being centrally-placed at the back of its black and white spotted head. I was pleased to see it, as I feel we don’t come across them often enough, but there were three altogether in the water meadow. This was at the top of the bank, nestled into the body of a willow dragonfly that I’d made at WI.
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