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Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle (Psyllobora vigintimaculata)
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Copyright © 2010
Nick Richter
Tiny beetle -
Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Orange County, California, USA
September 27, 2010
Size: ~3mm
Apparently the larva.
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Contributed by
Nick Richter
on 27 September, 2010 - 11:50pm
Last updated 1 October, 2010 - 2:18pm
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Abigail Parker
, 1 October, 2010 - 2:18pm
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Psyllobora vigintimaculata larva
Yes, this is the immature version of the 20-spotted Lady Beetles you've been photographing. It's doing what they do best, eating leaf mold - they have unique scraping mouthparts for getting powdery mildew off of leaves.
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Abigail Parker
, 1 October, 2010 - 2:15pm
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Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Very interesting, thank you! There certainly is alot of powdery mildew on the squash leaves in the garden.
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Nick Richter
, 1 October, 2010 - 6:36pm
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