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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Coleomegilla » Spotted Pink Lady Beetle (Coleomegilla maculata) » Coleomegilla maculata lengi
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Ladybeetle larva - Coleomegilla maculata
Copyright © 2008 Graham Montgomery

Ladybeetle larva - Coleomegilla maculata
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
May 25, 2008
I'm just glad it's not Harmonia axyridis...
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 25 May, 2008 - 7:28pm
Last updated 13 May, 2017 - 8:44am

Moved
Moved from Spotted Lady Beetle.
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Coleomegilla maculata
The Spotted, or Pink Spotted, Lady Beetle. It has a brown base color, short sparse setae, and a distinctive orange pattern, especially the round orange spots on the first thoracic segment.

It's about to molt into a new larval instar - that's why it's so pale and stretched-looking. Compare this pre-molt C. maculata larva:

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Moved
Moved from Ladybird Beetles.
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