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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Plant-eating Lady Beetles (Epilachninae) » Subcoccinella » Alfalfa Lady Beetle (Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata)
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lady beetle, what species? - Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata
Copyright © 2011 Ilse Gebhard

lady beetle, what species? - Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata
Alamo Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
July 7, 2011
Size: 4 mm
Found on common milkweed. White material on side may be latex from milkweed.

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lady beetle, what species? - Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata lady beetle, what species? - Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata
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Contributed by Ilse Gebhard on 7 July, 2011 - 8:31am
Last updated 11 December, 2011 - 2:17pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Abigail Parker, 7 July, 2011 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

Subcoccinella 24-punctata
one of the very few herbivorous sp. in NA (albeit of Eurasian origin)
… v belov, 7 July, 2011 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

 
yup...never heard of them on milkweed though!
Was it feeding on the plant? They usually only like alfalfa and related plants.
… Abigail Parker, 7 July, 2011 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

 
feeding on milkweed?
This is the 2nd time I've found this species on milkweed. Don't know if it was really feeding on it but it was at the very top leaf shots with lots of latex having oozed out, and a little of it on the beetle itself.
Ilse Gebhard
… Ilse Gebhard, 7 July, 2011 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

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