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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Harmonia » Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
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ladybug larva - Harmonia axyridis
Copyright © 2009 Molly Jacobson

ladybug larva - Harmonia axyridis
Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
July 15, 2009
Can you tell the species of ladybug by its larva?

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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 16 July, 2009 - 10:00am
Last updated 13 November, 2010 - 3:41pm

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… Beatriz Moisset, 7 August, 2009 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

H. axyridis, third instar
H. axyridis can be identified by the double-branched tips of the abdominal tubercles at all instars. I've been able to see this feature as early as 24 hours of egg hatch, when the larvae were barely 2mm long!

In the 3rd and 4th instars, the distinctive orange and black pattern of H. axyridis becomes apparent. Yours is a third instar, because the central tubercles on the 4th abdominal segment are orange at the base but black above, and the tubercles on the 5th segment are black.

In the 4th and final instar, the central tubercles on the 4th and 5th segments will be solid orange. This larva is probably going to molt into the last instar very soon, the "skin" is stretched very thin over the middle of the thorax.
… Abigail Parker, 17 July, 2009 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

Not always. But in this case...
the general color pattern and (especially) the branched body spines are characteristic of Harmonia axyridis.
… Domingo Zungri, 16 July, 2009 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

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