Weekend readers' pictures: spotted

'A group of ladybirds on a sunny spring day. I later found that they hibernate in groups'
Photograph: Christine Hardisty

'A flock of starlings spot the winter sky near my home'
Photograph: MacDara Allison

'A young man in a Glasgow bar – he told me he’d dyed his hair to look different'
Photograph: Maggie MacRitchie

'I spotted my son,Tom, through a decorated leaded window. Weird and colourful!'
Photograph: Phillip Whitehead

'My daughter Zoë, aged eight at the time, learning about life, love and ladybirds'
Photograph: Vin Miles

'A spotted dog appeared on a spotted beach in Whitley Bay'
Photograph: Maki Aoyama

'I "spotted" this dress outside a thrift store in Dublin. Apologies for the outrageous pun'
Photograph: Brian Mc Guinness

'I spotted this spotted toadstool at Cannon Beach, Oregon on an Autumn road trip along the US Pacific coast. It reminded me of pictures of pixies' houses in the fairy tales I'd enjoyed as a child'
Photograph: Lindsey Cooper