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Three-banded Lady Beetle (Coccinella trifasciata)
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Coccinella trifasciata subversa
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Copyright © 2009
Kevin Hall
Lady Beetle -
Coccinella trifasciata
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Pack Forest (near Eatonville), Pierce County, Washington, USA
July 10, 2009
Better view of head than other view.
See other images from the 2009 BugGuide Gathering here:
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Contributed by
Kevin Hall
on 15 July, 2009 - 6:54am
Last updated 6 August, 2009 - 1:55am
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Kevin Hall
, 6 August, 2009 - 1:55am
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Looks good to me, there are e
Looks good to me, there are even images in the Guide from Washington.
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Jason W.
, 15 July, 2009 - 3:30pm
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concur, just a bit uncertain
You probably are correct - C. trifasciata subversa, but we have to make sure the suture line is not dark, especially apically (perhaps lighten the other image a bit?). And I'm a bit struck by how deeply the lateral pale area penetrates toward the basal angles (which is characteristic of dark-sutured species in the northwest). Perhaps it's just the tucked position this one appears to be in. The "band" between the eyes is just a bit broken medially (not two "well separated"
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1
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spots). But Gordon's key states that can rarely happen for females of C. t. subversa (and this is a female by the black head).
PS: Any idea what its eating?
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Tim Moyer
, 15 July, 2009 - 10:03pm
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I saved this image and adjust
I saved the other image and adjusted the levels in photoshop there is no darkness in the center. No pronounced line at all. I do not have editor privelages or I would replace the photo with it adjusted. Hope this will help.
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Jason W.
, 28 July, 2009 - 4:07pm
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something's pupa...
...is never going to eclose, that's for sure. Perhaps something lepidopteran, it has the spun-silk look of a moth cocoon.
Lady beetle larvae sometimes feed on moth and butterfly pupae. This one chewed through a silk cocoon and used its forelegs to pull the pupa towards it:
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Abigail Parker
, 26 July, 2009 - 11:14am
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