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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Harmonia » Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
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Unknown Ladybird Beetle - Harmonia axyridis
Copyright © 2016 Richard C. Hoyer

Unknown Ladybird Beetle - Harmonia axyridis
Marysville, Yuba County, California, USA
December 21, 2015
I tried going through all of Coccinellidae, so I'm prepared to be told this is in an entirely different family.
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Contributed by Richard C. Hoyer on 11 January, 2016 - 12:57pm

Moved
Moved from Lady Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 11 January, 2016 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I did look at that one, but I couldn't find a photo that showed the all black pronotum with just a narrow white margin.
… Richard C. Hoyer, 11 January, 2016 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

 
This pronotum pattern
is indeed unusual for this particular form of Harmonia axyridis (f. succinea). However it has been known in the past, so its not that rare.

Though not always the most regular occurrence, any pronotum pattern shown by Harmonia axyridis can be paired with any elytral pattern. It just so happens that the pronotum pigmentation fluctuates quite wildly in this species.
… James Bailey, 11 January, 2016 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

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