Who knew I would finish off 2025, an already great year for new bugs, with even more new finds, especially in December? Yesterday I brought you my first sighting of an Arboreal ladybird and, today, here’s my first sighting of a Kidney-spot ladybird (Chilocorus renipustulatus), once again the result of checking the local park railings as I walked past.

I first saw this lovely little ladybird on 14 December, then had a second sighting, remarkably of the same ladybird (I can tell from the shape of its spots) in approximately the same location two days later. At just 5mm in length, the Kidney-spot is one of the smaller ladybirds, and has a black face and body, with a vivid red spot on each of its wing cases. It is usually associated with well-wooded locations, as it feeds on the scale insects that live on the bark of trees.