Cream-streaked Lady Beetle

It can reach a length of 5.5 - 6 mm. The coloration is very variable. Usually they are colored bright red or yellow and have eight black dots on the elytra, with basal and lateral pale stripes. Some individuals with greatly expanded dark patches appear almost completely black. Multiple spots on the body (also 16–18) are common, while the drawings on the pronotum are less variable. On the pronotum they usually have 11 black spots on a light background, with four larger black spots in the middle. This species is quite similar to Harmonia axyridis, but with this species the small distinct humps before elytral apex and the M-like black painting on the pronotum, common in the reddish colored specimen, are absent. The period of activity extend from March to October. These beetles over-winter in communities under the bark of various deciduous and coniferous trees such as pines and poplars.