Seven-spotted Ladybug

This is another photo of my wife's and I was not around when she took it, nor did she get a photo of its back. I do not know, therefore, if this is the native Nine-spotted Ladybug or one of the non-native species. In any case the photo stands on its own. The photo was taken on an August trip to the Spokane area. After crossing the mountains we followed the Columbia River down through Chelan County and made several stops looking for a rare native orchid. This was one of the natural areas in which we stopped and though we did not find the orchid we found plenty else to photograph.

Note: Fizgig has identified this as the Seven-spotted Ladybug, Coccinella septempuncata, a European species introduced into this country by the government to deal with aphids, but it has now taken over in many areas from the native species.