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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 » Harmonia » Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
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Lady Beetles of different paterns mating - Harmonia axyridis
Copyright © 2009 Kim Moore

Lady Beetles of different paterns mating - Harmonia axyridis
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
October 25, 2009
Taken the next day as these others
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Contributed by Kim Moore on 28 October, 2009 - 7:07pm
Last updated 28 October, 2009 - 11:34pm

good look at the variations
Even without seeing the pronotum and head pattern, the male is certainly H. axyridis based on shape and the visible spots on the wing covers. Although males occasionally try to mate with females of different species, usually they get it right :-) So this is a nice example of two very different colors and patterns of this extremely variable species.
… Abigail M. Parker, 2 November, 2009 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lady Beetles.
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