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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Hippodamia » Convergent Lady Beetle (Hippodamia convergens)
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Ladybird Beetle7840 - Hippodamia convergens
Copyright © 2015 Philip Bjork

Ladybird Beetle7840 - Hippodamia convergens
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
May 28, 2015
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Contributed by Philip Bjork on 6 June, 2015 - 4:04pm
Last updated 17 June, 2017 - 10:05pm

Moved
Moved from Hippodamia.
… James Bailey, 17 June, 2017 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved; that far north could be something other than convergens.
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 6 June, 2015 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

 
H. convergens likely
quinquesignata rarely shows a similar pattern. But when it does, the spot size is overall consistent.
… James Bailey, 10 October, 2015 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Distribution of H; convergens
Hippodamia convergens appears to be present in Canadian provinces and the only other BugGuide record for South Dakota has been identified as H. convergens, which is from the same county as this record.
… Philip Bjork, 27 June, 2015 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

And is that a thrips?
And is that a thrips?
… Victor Engel, 6 June, 2015 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

 
the little one is a springtail
… Blaine Mathison, 6 June, 2015 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

 
The little one
Thank you for the id of the springtail. In another part of the photograph is a spider recently identified on Bugguide as Schizocosa.
… Philip Bjork, 6 June, 2015 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

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