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Bug - Harmonia axyridis

Monroe, Michigan, USA
June 17, 2009
Size: 1/2"

Contributed by CCS70 on 18 June, 2009 - 8:11am
Last updated 24 June, 2009 - 8:04pm

an unusual pattern for 3rd instar!

I've been rearing H. axyridis this summer and I haven't seen any with this color pattern of abdominal tubercules - dorsolaterally orange but no dorsal orange. I'm assuming it's 3rd instar by the size and the extension of orange tubercules to the 4th abdominal section. But an unusual variation, I've not seen photos of this pattern either.

I'd be interested in images of adult H. axyridis from your area - of course, the adults are famously variable, but up till now I thought the larvae weren't!

… Abigail M. Parker, 19 July, 2009 - 11:49am

Ladybug

This is a ladybug, larva of Harmonia axyridis(1).

… John F. Carr, 18 June, 2009 - 8:20am

Thanks

Thanks for the quick id.
I'll never think they're cute again

… CCS70, 18 June, 2009 - 8:28am

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