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Ladybird ID - Hyperaspis

Ladybird ID - Hyperaspis
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
April 12, 2008
Size: ~4mm
Searching the guide, I found the closest match to my image...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/107060/bgimage
Is this correct?

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Ladybird ID - Hyperaspis Ladybird ID - Hyperaspis

Not sure
It doesn't look right for a Hyperaspis. I think it's Olla v-nigrum.

 
I looked at that ...
species, but wasn't sure. The head seemed larger on the one in my image.

 
Hyperaspis
Preston is correct. This one is Hyperaspis, probably from the H. signata species complex, as Preston suggests. see comments under .

The dark color form of Olla v-nigrum does look similar in some ways. The red/orange spot on Hyperaspis is generally round, while Olla v-nigrum's has at least some sides, especially the rear, flattened seriously out of round into almost straight edges. And to me Olla v-nigrum's shape looks somewhat elevated transversely over the elytral suture, sort of like an A-frame, whereas Hyperaspis is evenly convex.

Also, the lateral white markings on the pronotum don't quite reach the basal margin in these Hyperaspis, while in Olla v-nigrum easily do so and sometimes even wrap around basally to enclose a black spot.

But they do look somewhat similar. Sometimes the closer I look the less I see :) Sometimes I just squint hard and take a quick peek to resolve any analysis-paralysis.

 
Thank you very much..
for your time in confirming the ID. I've seen other lady beetles similarly colored and thought they were all the same until you have a closer look at the images.

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