Ladybug, any ideas? - Harmonia axyridis

How small is

very small? Can you estimate a size in mm?

… john and jane balaban, 23 April, 2006 - 10:09pm

Lady bug

Sorry, I took it last year and as yet have not seen one about this spring.

… Kildale, 23 April, 2006 - 11:16pm

Chilocorus kuwanae

hiya

i did some searching... looks like this to me:

http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/predators/chilocorus.html

hope this helps

… MoonRose, 13 July, 2005 - 12:50pm

Ladybug

Thanks for the info. I'll put that in the web site as to what it is.

… Kildale, 13 July, 2005 - 1:45pm

Astounding.

I approached a wonderful lady beetle expert, Dr. Natalia Vandenberg at the Smithsonian, to help go over our mystery lady beetles. Believe it or not, she says this is another Harmonia axyridis! I can't believe it, either:-)

… Eric R. Eaton, 8 March, 2006 - 5:00pm

I'm so confused...

I would have said this was Olla (Harmonia) v-nigrum.

… Dennis Haines, 15 December, 2007 - 1:40pm

Lady beetle

Hi Eric. Thanks for the update on this. What is astounding about this beetle though? is it rare or something?

… Kildale, 24 March, 2006 - 12:24pm

Variability

Not rare but extremely common, in many areas now the most common ladybug, even though only introduced to this country very recently. What Eric is amazed about, I'm sure, is the variability of this species. We all knew they varied a lot by color, number of spots, et cetera, but your photo looks so different from the typical Harmonia axyridis it is just hard to believe it is one. Not that I question the expert—I'm glad to have her help!

… Stephen Cresswell, 14 August, 2006 - 7:03am