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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Giant Lady Beetles (Anatis) » Fifteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Anatis labiculata)
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Black and White Lady Beetle - Anatis labiculata
Copyright © 2009 Paul Celano

Black and White Lady Beetle - Anatis labiculata
Grayling, Crawford County, Michigan, USA
August 1, 2009
I know it is a lady beetle....but wondering what type with that color pattern

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Contributed by Paul Celano on 3 August, 2009 - 3:08pm
Last updated 3 August, 2009 - 8:45pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Paul Celano, 3 August, 2009 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

Great shot....
...white lady beetles, didn't know they existed! Thanks for the education.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 3 August, 2009 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

Anatis labiculata
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… v belov, 3 August, 2009 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

 
which looks like this
The gray form of the 15-spotted lady beetle:


It can also be red, and darkens with age. Gray is the typical color. (Not to be confused with the ashy-gray lady beetle, which has a different pattern of spots.)
… Abigail Parker, 3 August, 2009 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

 
thank you...this is defiantly
thank you...this is defiantly what I saw
… Paul Celano, 3 August, 2009 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

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