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Photo#196936
Coccinellidae 04a

Coccinellidae 04a
Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
June 17, 2008
Found on a railing below an Elm species tree (Ulmus). Seems to be the same species as this specimen

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Coccinellidae 04b Coccinellidae 04a

Moved

Moved
Moved from Ladybird Beetles.

Moved
Moved from Beetles.

strange,
strange one. I'm not coming up with anything obvious from Gordon's ref. on this one. Do you have any other images? It could be a variation Adalia bipunctata, or possibly Harmonia, or "C" - none of the above (introduced sp.?).

 
strange indeed; not sure it's Adalia
No white "m" on the pronotum - Gordon says that in Adalia "the pronotum always has a pale M-shaped mark at the middle of the base except in the melanic forms." I don't think this is a melanic form - as I understand the term, they have black elytra and red markings, while this one is red with black markings.

Pretty sure it's not H_armonia a_xyridis, at least, based on the shape and head pattern. It's a three-day weekend, I'll keep digging...

 
picture
I added a second picture which shows the head and pronotum. This is the second specimen I have seen and photographed, the first being several weeks before this, and having the same markings, but sadly the images on that were very blurry. I will upload it temporarily for comparison.

 
Thanks,
I'm still quite stumped - they just seem like you took two or three differnt genera and glued them together. Sometimes I need come back a few days later for a fresh look (or just have an expert tell you in 5 seconds and be done). I would suggest keeping these on the family page, eventhough the images are a little burry, as I don't believe we currently have this species in BugGuide, or at least this species coloration.

btw, instead of linking images of two different individuals, you can post the second one sparately and then "reference" it in the first individual's writeup by using a thumbnail link "".

 
Unlinked
and thumbs added to the descriptions on the respective images

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