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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles (Cucujoidea) » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Coleomegilla » Spotted Lady Beetle (Coleomegilla maculata)
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Larva eating eggs - Coleomegilla maculata
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Larva eating eggs - Coleomegilla maculata
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 18, 2005
Another black thing, with a lady beetle nymph checking it out, or maybe eating.
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Contributed by tom murray on 20 June, 2005 - 9:15pm
Last updated 20 August, 2009 - 4:36pm

Thanks Abigail
Moved from Eggs, Larvae, and Pupae (family level).
… tom murray, 20 August, 2009 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

Coleomegilla maculata
The (Pink) Spotted Lady Beetle. Dark brown base color, dark warty tubercles with short stiff setae, and a distinctive orange pattern, especially the circles on the first thoracic segment.
… Abigail M. Parker, 20 August, 2009 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ladybird Beetles.

just cleaning up the family page a bit
… Tim R. Moyer, 15 September, 2008 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

Lady beetle larva eats horse fly eggs.
The black mass is an egg mass laid by a female horse fly. Boy, another reason to love lady beetles:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 June, 2005 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Good lady beetle
I'm appreciating lady beetles even more now. Thanks Eric.
… tom murray, 22 June, 2005 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

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