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Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
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Copyright © 2012
Nancy Kent
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle -
Harmonia axyridis
Radford, Virginia, USA
May 21, 2012
Is this Harmonia axyridis? If not, what is it, please?
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Contributed by
Nancy Kent
on 21 May, 2012 - 10:40pm
Last updated 19 October, 2013 - 1:50pm
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Nancy Kent
, 22 May, 2012 - 8:10am
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yes, teneral H. axyridis
This is the color they are when they come out of the pupa - I've reared many of them. It may or may not darken significantly or develop spots. The head and pronotum are typical of H. axyridis and for me, the body shape is the clincher - "square shouldered" and explanate (flared around the "rim").
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Abigail Parker
, 22 May, 2012 - 7:53am
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Thanks,
Abigail, I appreciate that info!
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Nancy Kent
, 22 May, 2012 - 8:03am
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I would agree.
The spots and spotting patterns are very variable. I think the pronotum on this one gives it away. It is possible that this is a spotless adult but it may also be teneral.
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Ron M.
, 21 May, 2012 - 10:52pm
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Thanks,
Ron, I had thought about its being teneral. There are several pupa on the wall where this critter was.
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Nancy Kent
, 22 May, 2012 - 7:01am
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