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Lady beetle larva with prey - Day 4 - Coleomegilla maculata

Lady beetle larva with prey - Day 4 - Coleomegilla maculata
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 18, 2009
Size: 2.9 mm, 1/8 inch
Second instar.

Prey: Small fly that I'd just swatted - I don't know what kind. The larva briefly fed on this dead prey before running after a live aphid.

Plant: Lady's thumb/smartweed (Polygonum sp.), my main source of aphids in July

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