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Cream-spotted Lady Beetle (Calvia quatuordecimguttata)
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Copyright © 2011
Charley Eiseman
Two-spotted ladybug -
Calvia quatuordecimguttata
Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
June 20, 2011
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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
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Thanks! 'Fourteen-spotted' doesn't seem to work very well for this one either.
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Charley Eiseman
, 23 September, 2011 - 12:16pm
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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
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v belov
, 24 September, 2011 - 8:28am
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I see what you mean...
Are these introduced then? If so, it's not mentioned on the guide page or
Beatriz's list
.
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Charley Eiseman
, 24 September, 2011 - 8:36am
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NA status
apparently, a true Holarctic species -- which would explain its different phenotypic composition in the New World
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v belov
, 24 September, 2011 - 8:53am
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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.
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Abigail Parker
, 23 September, 2011 - 12:14pm
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Moved
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Beetles
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Tim Loh
, 17 September, 2011 - 1:03pm
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best guess, a var. of Calvia 14-guttata
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v belov
, 16 September, 2011 - 9:38am
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