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Ladybeatles? - Hyperaspis

Ladybeatles? - Hyperaspis
Illinois, USA
November 1, 2005
Size: 3mm
Back in november I brought in a house plant and while cleaning up the pot I noticed a bug crawl in to a rolled up dead leaf. After unrolling it I found about 20 of these little ladybug like beatles running every which way towards cover. I scooped a few up and photographed them under a microsope. I'm not sure if I have male female and young, or two different types. I'm not sure if all the ones I collected were from the same leaf, or others in the dirt around them.

They all have 2 dots on their shells, some of them have orange dots, others red, some are square, and some are round (the dots). Some of them have white around the face and protnum, other are solid black. Some also have green iridecent eyes, while others seems to have dull black eyes...

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Probably lady beetle
My guess is a type of lady beetle. The most common ones are red (American ladybug) or yellow-orange (Asian) with black spots, but they come in other colors too.

 
Likely to be Chilocorus
Chilocorus stigma - Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle in the guide here. Black, 4-5 mm, elytral spots orange or red.

 
I politely disagree.
Chilocorus are larger than these, more shield-shaped, and never have white markings on the pronotum (top of thorax). These are more likely to end up being a species of Hyperaspis. I'm going to move them onto the family guide page because a lady beetle expert has volunteered to look over our images sometime in the new year (patience, please:-)

 
Hyperaspis sp.
I concur with Eric - defintely a Hyperaspis sp. Color patterns are great for identifying members of this genus, confounded by having lots of species.

 
Thanks...
Both for the information. I'm in no hurry, it took me since november to even get the photos off my camera!


-Gehan Gehale

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