C7 from salt marsh - Coccinella septempunctata

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Coccinella » pale elytral suture (Coccinella pale elytral suture) » Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)

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Copyright © 2011 Abigail Parker

C7 from salt marsh - Coccinella septempunctata

Corson's Inlet, Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA
June 26, 2011
Size: ~7 mm long

Found eating aphids on low marsh grass. It sat on my hand finishing off its prey for about half an hour while I walked through the marsh.

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Contributed by Abigail Parker on 27 June, 2011 - 8:18am

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