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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Calvia » Cream-spotted Lady Beetle (Calvia quatuordecimguttata)
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Two-spotted ladybug - Calvia quatuordecimguttata
Copyright © 2011 Charley Eiseman

Two-spotted ladybug - Calvia quatuordecimguttata
Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
June 20, 2011

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Two-spotted ladybug - Calvia quatuordecimguttata Two-spotted ladybug - Calvia quatuordecimguttata
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 15 September, 2011 - 7:38pm
Last updated 23 September, 2011 - 12:16pm

Moved
Moved from Lady Beetles.
Thanks! 'Fourteen-spotted' doesn't seem to work very well for this one either.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 September, 2011 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

 
both 14- and cream- work nice in the native range...
...where the vast majority of specimens [at least 95% where i grew up] look like this
… v belov, 24 September, 2011 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

 
I see what you mean...
Are these introduced then? If so, it's not mentioned on the guide page or Beatriz's list.
… Charley Eiseman, 24 September, 2011 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

 
NA status
apparently, a true Holarctic species -- which would explain its different phenotypic composition in the New World
… v belov, 24 September, 2011 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

Calvia 14-guttata
The heart-shaped red spots, red-brown explanate rim of the elytra, and what's visible of the pronotal pattern all correspond to one of the many variations of the ill-named Cream-spotted Lady Beetle.
… Abigail Parker, 23 September, 2011 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Tim Loh, 17 September, 2011 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

best guess, a var. of Calvia 14-guttata
… v belov, 16 September, 2011 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

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