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Cream-spotted Lady Beetle (Calvia quatuordecimguttata)
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Copyright © 2008
Rich Kelly
Cream-spotted Lady Beetle -
Calvia quatuordecimguttata
Jericho/Underhill Preserve, Nassau County, New York, USA
July 8, 2008
Size: 4-5 mm
Not the best photo - hard to photograph.
Maybe an Axion or Calvia?
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Contributed by
Rich Kelly
on 9 July, 2008 - 12:52pm
Last updated 20 October, 2008 - 3:11pm
What do you guys think
of this new post
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john and jane balaban
, 22 August, 2015 - 7:27pm
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Moved
Moved from
Ladybird Beetles
.
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Tim Moyer
, 20 October, 2008 - 11:54am
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Thanks for ironing this out.
Thanks for ironing this out.
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Rich Kelly
, 20 October, 2008 - 3:10pm
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Moved
Moved from
Beetles
.
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john and jane balaban
, 1 August, 2008 - 3:40pm
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Not sure.
I would look at Hyperaspis before the other two genera, though.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 9 July, 2008 - 3:32pm
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it looks a bit too large and too smooth/impuntate for a
Hyperaspis
; they tend to have some pronotal coloration. I'd like to hear some serendipitous ideas on this one.
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v belov
, 9 July, 2008 - 4:01pm
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Just looked in the Kaufman gu
Just looked in the Kaufman guide, and it looks a lot like a color variation of an Ashy Gray Lady Beetle - Olla v-nigrum. Page 159. Any third or fourth thoughts on that?
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Bill Johnson
, 9 July, 2008 - 9:21pm
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olla has white pronotal margins
and differently shaped red spots.
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v belov
, 9 July, 2008 - 9:36pm
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vote for Calvia,
it has the required polished dorsal surface, 4-6mm, general overall shape, explanate elytron, and pattern matches well one of Gordon's (10!) figures, including completely black pronotum. If you still have it, Gordon claims this is the only NAmer genus with at least traces of alutaceous sculpture on the pronotum.
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Tim Moyer
, 10 July, 2008 - 4:01pm
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Thanks for your help. Who wo
Thanks for your help. Who would have thought there would be so much interest in this little guy? I still have the specimen and will be sending it to a friend in FL who has lots of experience with beetles.
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Rich Kelly
, 10 July, 2008 - 5:23pm
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updates
please keep us all updated on any expert determinations. I am but a very inexperienced amature, with an expert's excellent book.
but if you do get a chance prior to sending it off, please shoot a frontal head & pronotum shot, to better document any pale areas (including their absence). If this is Calvia, we currently don't have any other images of this coloration pattern. A quick web search for this pattern came up empty also.
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Tim Moyer
, 10 July, 2008 - 8:57pm
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By chance I found this old exchange, and since the specimen
came to me (in 2008!), I thought I would respond. It IS indeed Calvia quatuordecimguttata, based on the complete absence of alutaceous microsculpture on the pronotum, and agreement with other details of Gordon's description of the genus.
The margins of the pronotum of this individual are narrowly pale from the middle of the lateral margin to about half way to the middle of the anterior margin. There is also a fine median line extending from the anterior margin to about the middle of the disk. The mouthparts, too, are pale.
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Skip Blanchard
, 22 August, 2015 - 7:54am
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Demonstrates the value of spe
Demonstrates the value of specimens. Thanks for the follow up.
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Rich Kelly
, 22 August, 2015 - 8:22am
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Thanks Skip
and BG still doesn't have another example exactly like this one
(although this male is getting close)
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Tim Moyer
, 22 August, 2015 - 7:25pm
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I couldn't get a good shot of
I couldn't get a good shot of something this small and dark. Anyway the specimen is on its way to FL, and there are no pale areas on the head or pronotum.
It reminds me of drawing "d" on Page 778 of the Journal of the NY Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
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Rich Kelly
, 14 July, 2008 - 9:05am
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very instructive, thnx!
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v belov
, 10 July, 2008 - 4:06pm
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