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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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Tiny Lady Bug - Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Copyright © 2013 Sara Simpkins

Tiny Lady Bug - Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Caswell Hill/ Mayfair, , Saskatoon and Area, Saskatchewan, Canada
May 8, 2013
Size: About 1 to 2mm
Found on the pavement by the back door, was very tiny and most of the pictures are taken with the beetle on my hands or fingers.

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Contributed by Sara Simpkins on 8 May, 2013 - 10:57pm
Last updated 5 July, 2013 - 8:10am

Moved
Moved from Fungus-eating Lady Beetles.
… Abigail Parker, 5 July, 2013 - 8:10am login or register to post comments

Psyllobra vigintimaculata
The ranges of P. 20-maculata and P. borealis overlap in your area, but P. 20-maculata has larger and more confluent markings, like this individual. (It does have some aspects of P. borealis but the overall appearance points to P. 20-maculata.)
… Abigail Parker, 13 May, 2013 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
Thanks for the help IDing it!
… Sara Simpkins, 13 May, 2013 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

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