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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae
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Coccinellid
Copyright © 2012 margarethe brummermann

Coccinellid
Molino Basin, Catalinas, Pima County, Arizona, USA
May 16, 2012
Size: 4 mm
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 18 May, 2012 - 7:48pm
Last updated 27 June, 2014 - 11:57pm

Moved
Moved from Lady Beetles.
… v belov, 27 June, 2014 - 11:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Abigail Parker, 19 May, 2012 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

certainly Hyperaspis or Brachiacantha
Eagerly anticipating the "headshot"! The foreleg would also be useful, if it has a spur it's Brachiacantha, otherwise Hyperaspis.
… Abigail Parker, 19 May, 2012 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

Brachiacantha subfasciata...
...is the only thing in the guide that looks like a reasonably good match to me.
i suspect that Abby may want to see a mugshot (head+front pronotal margin), and hope she figures this nice beast out
… v belov, 19 May, 2012 - 1:28am login or register to post comments

 
I'll freeze him for that
he's taking off during any photo session. That's why I have a Kukulia nest in the window of my studio - to recollect escapees
… margarethe brummermann, 19 May, 2012 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
freeze *her* probably
Without a direct headshot I can't say for sure, but the visible head and pronotum are solid black, so this is probably a female. On the one hand, females are harder to visually ID, but on the other, they are larger than males, and a sp. with females under 4mm may be easier to figure out.
… Abigail Parker, 19 May, 2012 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

 
I had to revise the size:
when active, she's 4 o 4.5 mm
… margarethe brummermann, 19 May, 2012 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

how about
http://bugguide.net/node/view/102704

montezuma lady beetle?

wait for the experts, of course
… Joe Zito, 18 May, 2012 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

 
pattern matches but colors don't
Thalassa montezumae is metallic blue with orange spots - in some lighting it does look dark gunmetal gray or blackish, though.
… Abigail Parker, 19 May, 2012 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

Twice Stabbed Ladybug
Twice Stabbed Ladybug
… Victoria Shirley, 18 May, 2012 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

 
The twice stabbed
doesn't occur this far west, and it is not black underneath
… margarethe brummermann, 18 May, 2012 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

Underside solid black
… margarethe brummermann, 18 May, 2012 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

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