Sri Lanka, Sept. 14 -- A "new" ladybird species has been recorded in the UK for the first time following the hot weather over the summer.

Prof Russell Wynn, director of Wild New Forest, said the Little Arboreal Ladybirds had been found in moth traps across the New Forest but "there were no confirmed British Records prior to this influx".

They normally live in France and continental Europe but have made the trip across the English Channel to settle in Southampton and the New Forest, Prof Wynn said.

He added that the UK Species Inventory would now recognise them as new to Britain.

Prof Wynn, who also chairs the New Forest Biodiversity Forum, said the hot weather this year meant it had been tough for some of the wetland animals but "it's...