Gold-Spot Lady Beetle
Sitting on exposed foliage near Turbo, Uasin Gishu, Kenya. Dec. 2015.
Variegated Lady Beetle
From 0 to 13 black spots on elytra. The pronotum is outlined in white with two central white spots. Eats aphids.
Four-Spot Lady Beetle
Sitting on exposed foliage at roadside in Gatamaiyo Forest, Gilgil, Kenya. Oct. 2016.
Lady Beetle
Many lady beetles are gaily colored and because many control pests important to man they are popular insects. This one can be orange or red with black spots.
Shiny Black Lady Bird
Many other lady beetle species are smaller and mostly black or dark gray. Most require a microscope to ID to species.
Lady Beetle
Small, convex lady beetles, glossy black with red spots. Pronotum and head are dull red. Observed near Eldoret.
Lady Beetle
These colorful lady birds were resting on the lower surface mango leaves in the Rift Valley.
Ladybird Pupa
Between the stage of larva and the adult lady bird beetle is the pupa, which is immobile and attached to a plant.
Pink & Gray Ladybird
Broad, oval shape with two pink spots.
Fourteen Spotted Ladybird
The typical glossy appearance is subdued by a covering of shart setae (hairs).
Ladybird #10
Some coccinelids are plant feeders. This might be one of them.