Why do ladybirds have varying spot numbers?

From 2 to many more, how do ladybirds end up with different numbers of spots on their backs?
09 August 2021

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Listener Ruomei wrote in to ask "Why do ladybugs have different numbers of spots on their backs?"

Eva Higginbotham spoke with ladybird enthusiast Helen Roy from the Uk Centre for Ecology and Hydrology...

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