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Ladybird Beetle w/ Pupa? - Chilocorus
Copyright © 2006 Kort

Ladybird Beetle w/ Pupa? - Chilocorus
Boca Raton, West Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
April 9, 2006
I found these on a Bay tree in my garden. I am guessing it is possibly a adult Harmonia axyridis Ladybird beetle surrounded by others in the pupa. Can anyone verify or correct this?
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Contributed by Kort on 11 April, 2006 - 11:46am
Last updated 7 June, 2006 - 4:06pm

Yes, Lady Beetle.
This is not Harmonia, though, but one of the species of "twice-stabbed" lady beetles in the genus Chilocorus (or, to hedge my bets, a closely-related genus). The larvae have the spiny appearance shown here, and the pupae are encased in the last, split larval skin. Nice illustration of the life stages!
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 April, 2006 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

 
I once saw a twice-stabbed lady bug
I once saw a twice-stabbed lady bug. It fell or flew from a maple tree that was over looking a bench outside my house in the summer. It landed on my mom's hat! I also remember seeing a lady bug sized beetle which was purple and had black spots. I think it was a lady bug but it could have been a leaf beetle. Are some kinds of lady bugs purple? I would like to know. Thanks
… Brittanie Christina McCormack, 11 April, 2006 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Eric
I appreciate the comments Eric and the clarification of the ID. I forgot to mention that the previous day there were other freshly emerged beetles and each was a differnt color scheme like yellow with black spots and so on and so forth. Maybe that will help zero in on a final ID.
… Kort, 11 April, 2006 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

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