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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 » Coleomegilla » Spotted Lady Beetle (Coleomegilla maculata)
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pinkish beetle - Coleomegilla maculata
Copyright © 2009 Molly Jacobson

pinkish beetle - Coleomegilla maculata
Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
August 10, 2009
Ladybug? More pink than ever seen, and body shape not right!
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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 11 August, 2009 - 10:47pm
Last updated 13 August, 2009 - 9:56am

aka the Pink Spotted Lady Beetle
That's what I always call C. maculata - it's one of the accepted common names, and I feel strange calling any given lady beetle species "spotted" as if that differentiated it from all the others! It's really the pink that sets it apart at first glance anyway.
… Abigail M. Parker, 25 August, 2009 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Molly Jacobson, 13 August, 2009 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

name's Coleomegilla maculata
speaking of ladybug shape -- how would you like this: ???
… v belov, 11 August, 2009 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

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