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Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)
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Copyright © 2010
Matt Coors
Seven-spotted lady beetle -
Coccinella septempunctata
La Jolla, San Diego County, California, USA
March 29, 2010
Size: about 1/4"
Found this spiky-looking larva near the UCSD campus. What is it?
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Contributed by
Matt Coors
on 31 March, 2010 - 1:17am
Last updated 31 March, 2010 - 9:54pm
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Thanks for the ID and interesting info!
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Matt Coors
, 31 March, 2010 - 9:55pm
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Moved
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Abigail Parker
, 31 March, 2010 - 4:30pm
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Looks like...
A Lady Beetle larva,
Family Coccinellidae
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Chuck Entz
, 31 March, 2010 - 4:10am
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looks like
it's curling up, for lack of a better term, and getting ready to pupate.
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Blaine Mathison
, 31 March, 2010 - 1:05pm
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7-spotted lady beetle, "prepupa"
Coccinella septempunctata. I don't know if there's a verb for what it's doing - pre-pupating? It'll do this stiff, curved, looking-like-it's-dead thing for up to 24 hours before it actually pupates.
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Abigail Parker
, 31 March, 2010 - 4:29pm
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