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Harmonia axyridis (?) - Coccinella

Harmonia axyridis (?) - Coccinella
ventura, ventura County, California, USA
Size: about 3/4 inch

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Harmonia axyridis (?) - Coccinella Harmonia axyridis (?) - Coccinella

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Moved from Coccinella.

No ID, but it's not Harmonia axyridis
H. axyridis never has orange on the thorax, and the abdominal tubercules have double-branched tips in all instars.

Details of pattern are useful, too: H. axyridis never has a gap of black color between orange dorsolateral tubercules, like this larva does. 2nd instar H. axyridis has orange only on first abdominal segment; 3rd and 4th instars have orange on the first 5 segments.

I'm raising every kind of lady beetle larva I find this summer, hopefully I'll get one that looks like this & find out what it is!

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Moved from Eggs, Larvae, and Pupae (family level).
Thanks for the ID. Maybe sometime we will get it down to species. Every bit helps.

larva
This is genus Coccinella. I cannot identify Californian species.

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Moved from Ladybird Beetles.

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