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V-marked Lady Beetle (Neoharmonia venusta)
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Neoharmonia venusta venusta
Photo#121551
Copyright © 2007
David Kleiman
V-marked Lady Beetle -
Neoharmonia venusta
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
June 25, 2007
fairly certain of the ID but could use some confirmation please.
Images of this individual:
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Contributed by
David Kleiman
on 25 June, 2007 - 8:29pm
Last updated 19 September, 2009 - 2:34pm
Moved
Moved from
V-marked Lady Beetle
.
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Abigail M. Parker
, 19 September, 2009 - 2:34pm
Yup, and you beat me to it ;-)
This is indeed a
Neoharmonia venusta
. I was going to post one for Ontario today, but guess I don't have to do that now. Nice find!
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Stephen Luk
, 25 June, 2007 - 10:29pm
Hello again
I think you should post your image of Neoharmonia venusta anyway. As you can see by my
post today
, it seems that there is a fair bit of colour variance for this species. It would be interesting to have these differences documented visually on the site. What do you think?
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David Kleiman
, 29 June, 2007 - 5:38pm
Will Post Soon!
Hi David,
You brought up a good point - Lady Beetles are among those insects which may have numerous pattern, colour and even size variations within one species (even within the same geographic location). That said, I'll take your advice and post my beetle soon; it is different in markings and colouration.
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Stephen Luk
, 29 June, 2007 - 7:34pm
