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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 » Olla » Ashy Gray Lady Beetle (Olla v-nigrum)
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Ashy Gray Ladybird Beetle - Olla v-nigrum
Copyright © 2009 Bob Barber

Ashy Gray Ladybird Beetle - Olla v-nigrum
Dog Canyon, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
June 19, 2009
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Contributed by Bob Barber on 19 June, 2009 - 12:19pm

Anyone else for Olla v-nigrum?
Might be Olla v-nigrum, Ashy Gray Ladybird Beetle. The markings on the head look very like this specimen's:




The white markings aren't all that dissimilar from the difficult Hyperaspis signata species complex, though, and color/pattern isn't the most reliable lady beetle identifier by any means. (Once you get into H. signata, there's no telling them apart without dissection.)
… Abigail M. Parker, 19 June, 2009 - 12:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Ashy Gray Ladybird Beetle
looks good, and I saw two gray indivuals on the same bush. Thanks!
… Bob Barber, 19 June, 2009 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

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