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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Harmonia » Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
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Ladybug or something else? - Harmonia axyridis
Copyright © 2010 Warren P Brooks

Ladybug or something else? - Harmonia axyridis
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
March 20, 2010
Size: small
Ladybug or something else?
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Contributed by wawab on 4 April, 2010 - 5:35pm
Last updated 13 November, 2010 - 3:16pm

Asian Beetle
You can distinguish the different types of beetles based mainly upon their pronotum. The infographic on this page helps explain the difference. But the main feature that sets this one apart is the black "w" marking. Convergent lady beetles and lady bugs are quite a bit different.
… kpierce679, 1 October, 2015 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
pronotum is not diagnostic
There are a lot of species, in many genera, with the "W" marking; and not all H. axyridis do have the "W."
… Abigail Parker, 22 January, 2016 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 16 April, 2010 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

My Guess
I think thats an asian beetle. Only way to definitively ID is to talk to it, and see if it transposes its L's with R's.

Very nice macro. May I ask what is your macro rens?
… icnaj, 7 April, 2010 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

 
Pronunciation confirmed!
Yes, I just got the Canon MP-E 65. Takes some getting used to. This was my first attempt at focus stacking using Zerene Stacker.
… wawab, 7 April, 2010 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

Lady beetle prize fighter! Great pic!
Boy, that is one threatening-looking beetle. Quite the opposite of the "cute little ladybug" of popular culture! Harmonia axyridis in the role of the Alien Invader it really is...

I LOVE this image.
… Abigail Parker, 5 April, 2010 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

 
I like it too!
Do not frass! :)
… Blaine Mathison, 10 April, 2010 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you for your kind words. I just got a super-duper macro lens and this guy was the only thing crawling around my office.
… wawab, 5 April, 2010 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

Re: Ladybug or something else?
Looks like Harmonia axyridis (Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle) to me.

… Natalie McNear, 4 April, 2010 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Yup
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… Blaine Mathison, 4 April, 2010 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

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