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Arboreal Ladybird      Rhyzobius chrysomeloides

A photo gallery of Arboreal Ladybirds, showing the range of variation, with examples of the typical forms that are most commonly found.

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Beaten from Privet hedge         Exeter, South Devon VC3
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Beaten from pine      Braunton Burrows, North Devon VC4
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Beaten from Ivy  Leigh Delamere services, North Wiltshire VC7
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Beaten from Ivy      Darland Banks, Gillingham, East Kent VC15
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Beaten from pine      Esher Common, Surrey VC17
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Beaten from oak      Sewardstone, South Essex VC18
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Beaten from Euonymus     Upshire, North Essex VC19
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                                            Beaten from Ivy  Cheshunt, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire VC20
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Beaten from Holm Oak      Whitewebbs Park, Middlesex VC21
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Beaten from Hawthorn   Thornhill P&R, Oxfordshire VC23
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Beaten from Hawthorn   Brill, Buckinghamshire VC24
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Beaten from pine   May Day Farm, West Suffolk VC26
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Beaten from Blackthorn   Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire VC29
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Beaten from Ivy      Pegsdon Hills, Bedfordshire VC30
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Beaten from pine   Menorca, Spain
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Four with Orange Ladybirds
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Beaten from Euonymus    Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Ivy     Roding Valley Meadows, South Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Holly understorey            
Hainault Forest CP, South Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus     Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from pine                  Turnford, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire
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In garden wheelie bin containing Firethorn prunings                                                      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus     Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus     Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Ivy      Fishers Green, North Essex
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Beaten from churchyard Yew      Ospringe, East Kent
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Beaten from Euonymus  Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus    Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus    Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Scots Pine     Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus   Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Yew      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from pine     Turnford, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire
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Beaten from Yew     Fishers Green, Lee Valley, North Essex
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Beaten from Yew    Fishers Green, Lee Valley, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus        Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus      Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Privet hedge       Exeter, South Devon
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Beaten from Euonymus     Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Yew      Fishers Green, Lee Valley, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus       Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Scot's Pine tree        Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Yew      Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Pine    Turnford, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire
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Beaten from Privet    Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Berberis shrub     Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus shrub     Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus shrub     Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Yew      Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Yew    Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Viburnum tinus   Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Ivy     Turnford, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire
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Beaten from Yew       Fishers Green, Lee Valley, North Essex
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Beaten from Berberis      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus       Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Ivy        Cheshunt, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire
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Beaten from pine      May Day Farm, West Suffolk
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Beaten from Ivy       Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus     Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus    Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus       Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus        Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Ivy     Darland Banks, Gillingham, East Kent
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Beaten from pine       Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus        Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Firethorn       Nazeing, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus      Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus       Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus     Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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                 Beaten from Privet
Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Holly      Hainault Forest CP, South Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus       Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from pine tree      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Viburnum tinus       Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from pine    Turnford, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire
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Beaten from Ivy     Roding Valley Meadows, South Essex
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Beaten from Ivy    Abbey Gardens, Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus       Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Firethorn       Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire
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Beaten from Firethorn      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Scots Pine      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Scots Pine     Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from ornamental pine       Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus         Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Ivy         Holyfield, Lee Valley, North Essex
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Beaten from Firethorn        Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus   Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from pine tree    Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Scots Pine tree       Upshire, North Essex
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On lid of garden wheelie bin     Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus   Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Yew       Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from pine tree   Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Ivy    Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus     Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus       Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from garden Juniper    Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from pine       Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Firethorn         Upshire, Essex
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Beaten from pine      Upshire, Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus        Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Bramble        Braunton Burrows, North Devon
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Beaten from pine         Braunton Burrows, North Devon
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Beaten from Ivy        Exeter, South Devon
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Beaten from Ivy     Exeter, South Devon
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Beaten from Ivy     Exeter, South Devon
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Beaten from Euonymus    Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus     Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus     Upshire, North Essex
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Freshly emerged      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus     Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus   Upshire, North Essex
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Freshly emerged      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Ivy        Cheshunt, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire
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Beaten from Ivy        Cheshunt, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire
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Beaten from Weigela       Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Honeysuckle     Waltham Abbey, North Essex      
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Beaten from Ivy     Abbey Gardens, Lee Valley, North Essex
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Beaten from Ivy    Cheshunt, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire
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Beaten from Ivy   Cheshunt, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire
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Beaten from Ivy    Cheshunt, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire
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Beaten from Euonymus     Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus    Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Ivy      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Weigela      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Weigela     Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus     Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus     Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Euonymus      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from pine tree      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Ivy   Seventy Acre Lake, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire
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Beaten from Ivy   Seventy Acre Lake, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire
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                                                 Beaten from Ivy
Seventy Acre Lake, Lee Valley, Hertfordshire
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Beaten from Weigela     Upshire, North Essex
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With 7-spot and Pine Ladybirds
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Beaten from Euonymus    Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Privet    Waltham Abbey, North Essex
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With 22-spot Ladybird
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Beaten from Weigela      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from pine      Esher Common, Surrey
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Beaten from pine    Esher Common, Surrey
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Beaten from Euonymus     Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Ivy    Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire
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Beaten from Ivy     Fishers Green, Lee Valley, North Essex
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Beaten from Blackthorn   Canvey Wick NR, South Essex
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Tapped from nettles  Icklingham, West Suffolk
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Beaten from pine tree     Icklingham, West Suffolk
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Beaten from Ivy     Fishers Green, Lee Valley, North Essex
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Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Blackthorn    Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire
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Beaten from Blackthorn    Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire
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Beaten from Ivy and Blackthorn
           Totternhoe, Bedfordshire
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Beaten from Blackthorn    Totternhoe, Bedfordshire
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Beaten from Euonymus      Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from Prunus     Tottenham Marshes, Middlesex
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Beaten from Euonymus shrub        Upshire, North Essex
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Beaten from ivy     Fishers Green, Lee Valley, North Essex

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Beaten from broom    Fishers Green, Lee Valley, North Essex
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On finger nail showing small size
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Upshire, North Essex
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RSPB Rye Meads, Hertfordshire
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