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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Fungus-eating Lady Beetles (Psyllobora) » Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle (Psyllobora vigintimaculata)
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Lady Beetle? - Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Copyright © 2012 Jim Moore

Lady Beetle? - Psyllobora vigintimaculata
San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
March 19, 1975
Size: 2mm
A very small Lady Beetle?
My thanks for any further ID placement!

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 29 March, 2012 - 12:36pm

Moved
Moved from Lady Beetles.
… Abigail Parker, 29 March, 2012 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

yes, P. vigintimaculata
The only sp. of Psyllobora in your part of California.
… Abigail Parker, 29 March, 2012 - 12:47pm login or register to post comments

 
: )
Thank you Abigail and V!
My oh my, quite a variable species!
… Jim Moore, 29 March, 2012 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

 
I secretly suspect...
...that there are more species of Psyllobora out there than currently described; or at least that P. 20-maculata has subspecies that no one's paid much attention to yet. The genus is pretty "neutral" to humans, neither a beneficial predator nor a destructive herbivore, and there's been VERY little research on it. There are a few studies of how it might help combat powdery mildew on plants, but it could definitely use a lot more attention! (I need to get an entomology degree and start doing that...)
… Abigail Parker, 29 March, 2012 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

how about Psyllobora vigintimaculata?
… v belov, 29 March, 2012 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

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