Henosepilachna argus, common name bryony ladybird, is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae.
[1] This species occurs in most of Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania and Bulgaria) and in the Afrotropical realm.
[2] These ladybugs can be found where the host plants are present, in hedges, herbaceous wasteland, forest clearings and sometimes even in dunes.
These Ladybirds show an orange or orange-red background colour on pronotum and on the strongly arched elytra, with eleven black spots (five on each elytron and one common at the shield).
[3] These ladybirds appear at the beginning of Spring (in March or April), they mate in May or June and disappear at the end of Summer.