Found on a plant with evidence of spittlebugs. This one was found in the Union Bay Natural Area, next to the University of Washington's campus, previously a garbage dump site. The area was flat and part of the year, a wetland. The surrounding vegetations are mostly grass and weeds, young deciduous trees, and forbs such as the daucus carota. The area on a sunny like today was blooming with pollinators.
Coccinella septempunctata, the seven-spot ladybird (or, in North America, seven-spotted ladybug or "C-7"), is the most common ladybird in Europe. Its elytra are of a red colour, but punctuated with three black spots each, with one further spot being spread over the junction of the two, making a total of seven spots, from which the species derives both its common and scientific names (from the Latin septem = "seven" and punctata = "spotted").
