18cdeee4-38cf-4d15-a141-a99a53e17095 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:18:22 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Species traits, ecological preferences and distribution metrics for 48 species of ladybird considered resident in the United Kingdom 2025-02-03 publication 2025-01-07 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/18cdeee4-38cf-4d15-a141-a99a53e17095 10.5285/18cdeee4-38cf-4d15-a141-a99a53e17095 doi: Outhwaite, C.L., Cocker, L., Comont, R., White, H.J., Powney, G.D., Turvey, K., Roy, H.E., Brown, P.M.J. (2025). Species traits, ecological preferences and distribution metrics for 48 species of ladybird considered resident in the United Kingdom. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/18cdeee4-38cf-4d15-a141-a99a53e17095 This dataset includes compiled information on species traits, ecological preferences and distribution metrics for 48 species of ladybird considered resident in the United Kingdom. Ecological traits including information on morphology, habitat and diet preferences, and phenology as well as information on species distributions, trends in species occupancy over time, and species temperature indices have been determined where possible for each of the 48 species. An open access data paper is available for this dataset [Outhwaite, C.L., Cocker, L., Comont, R.F., White, H.J., Powney, G.D., Turvey, K., Roy, H.E., & Brown, P.M.J. (2025). A database of traits for the ladybird species of the United Kingdom. Scientific Data, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05985-8 ] Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/18cdeee4-38cf-4d15-a141-a99a53e17095 Outhwaite, C.L. Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London charlotte.outhwaite@ioz.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9997-6780 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Outhwaite, C.L. Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London charlotte.outhwaite@ioz.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9997-6780 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information pointOfContact Cocker, L. University College London laurencocker2000@icloud.com author Comont, R. Bumblebee Conservation Trust richard.comont@bumblebeeconservation.org https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9918-9813 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author White, H.J. Anglia Ruskin University hannah.white@aru.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6793-8613 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Powney, G.D. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3313-7786 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Turvey, K. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Roy, H.E. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-679X ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Brown, P.M.J. Anglia Ruskin University peter.brown@aru.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6163-4504 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication biodiversity GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation insects beetles Ladybirds Lady beetles Coccinellidae traits biological records otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Outhwaite, C.L., Cocker, L., Comont, R., White, H.J., Powney, G.D., Turvey, K., Roy, H.E., Brown, P.M.J. (2025). Species traits, ecological preferences and distribution metrics for 48 species of ladybird considered resident in the United Kingdom. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/18cdeee4-38cf-4d15-a141-a99a53e17095 textTable 10 English utf8 biota environment -8.648 1.768 49.864 60.861 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/18cdeee4-38cf-4d15-a141-a99a53e17095 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/18cdeee4-38cf-4d15-a141-a99a53e17095.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 We used a range of sources, including published literature, the recently published Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Great Britain and Ireland, and observations of species provided to the UK Ladybird Survey and iRecord (a website and mobile phone application for collating wildlife observations) to determine a comprehensive set of traits, preferences and other variables for the 48 resident species of ladybird found in the UK.