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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Spotless Lady Beetles (Cycloneda) » Spotless Lady Beetle (Cycloneda sanguinea)
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Coccinellid Larva - Cycloneda sanguinea
Copyright © 2008 Ken Schneider

Coccinellid Larva - Cycloneda sanguinea
Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, USA
August 17, 2008
Size: ~ 8 mm
Several of these lady beetle larvae were found on an Oleander shrub, possibly feeding on Aphis nerii (photographed and ID'd earlier)... Can anyone ID the genus or species?
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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 22 August, 2008 - 11:12pm
Last updated 18 December, 2009 - 11:29pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Eggs, Larvae, and Pupae.
… John R. Maxwell, 18 December, 2009 - 11:29pm login or register to post comments

suspect Cycloneda or Olla...
I'll need some more time w/ the Cycloneda larval key(1) and some research into Olla larvae, but pretty sure it's one of those genera.
… Abigail Parker, 18 September, 2009 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks -
FYI, I've found lots of Cycloneda (and other coccinellids) locally, but have not found an Olla sp. yet...
… Ken Schneider, 18 September, 2009 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Cycloneda sanguinea
Structure matches Cycloneda, and with the strongly tapered abdomen and uniformly orange markings, this is C. sanguinea.

A steady diet of orange Aphis nerii might have made the typically white/yellow markings of C. p_olita all orange, but the body of that species isn't strongly tapered like this.
… Abigail Parker, 18 December, 2009 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ladybird Beetles.
… Beatriz Moisset, 19 September, 2008 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

Not much hope
See the collection of unidentified baby ladybugs; and I haven't added any of the recent submissions. Maybe someday we'll get an expert.
… Beatriz Moisset, 29 August, 2008 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Beatriz -
gives me motivation for rearing some of these guys to adulthood, if possible...
… Ken Schneider, 30 August, 2008 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

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