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Chilocorus? - Calvia quatuordecimguttata
Copyright © 2008 Jennifer Forman Orth

Chilocorus? - Calvia quatuordecimguttata
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 23, 2008
Small lady beetle attracted to my porch light, on an extraordinarily warm April night (temp around 70'F at 11pm!).

Looks like genus Chilocorus, but the red spots seem very close together and the underside "venter" was not completely red, as the guide says would be true for C. stigma. Can anyone tell the species, or at least if I have the genus right?

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Contributed by Jennifer Forman Orth on 25 April, 2008 - 6:23pm

Moved
Moved from Chilocorus. I know, I know, but you just have to trust me:-) If you still have the specimen, try and get a shot of the pronotum (top part of thorax). The shape should be radically different from Chilocorus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 April, 2008 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

 
No way! Ok, way.
Never *ever* would have picked that genus.

I have 6 other shots but the darned thing never turned around. I assumed the red spots would be diagnostic :-).
… Jennifer Forman Orth, 25 April, 2008 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

 
please post them!
great to finally get this color form represented in BugGuide! And now we can update the Chilocorus info page with another "similar looking" ladybird, using your post!
… Tim R. Moyer, 25 April, 2008 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

 
a side view
I added a third shot, the others I have are all similar overhead views.
… Jennifer Forman Orth, 25 April, 2008 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

Not Chilocorus.
This is the black form of our species of Calvia. It is certainly easily confused with Chilocorus; indeed, I made that mistake myself when I first encountered one of these in Oregon. Moving to species page.
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 April, 2008 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

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