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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Cucujoidea » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Mulsantina » Painted Lady Beetle (Mulsantina picta)
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Beetle - Mulsantina picta
Copyright © 2009 Peter Bryant

Beetle - Mulsantina picta
Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
June 17, 2009
Size: ~3mm
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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 20 June, 2009 - 9:06am
Last updated 11 December, 2011 - 1:01pm

Nice find, Peter.
Quite an unusual, tiny one.
… Ron Hemberger, 20 June, 2009 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

ladybird beetle, ladybug maybe a Genus Psyllobora
I may get corrected on this, but it looks a bit like some of the ladybird beetles in Genus Psyllobora That's a nice photo by the way.
… Andrew Williams, 20 June, 2009 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

 
diff. subfam; check Mulsantina picta
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… v belov, 20 June, 2009 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, looks very much like...
...Jim's specimen (the only other submission for this species from CA).

… Harsi S. Parker, 20 June, 2009 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

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