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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Harmonia » Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
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black and orange insect - perhaps milkweed/aphid hunting-related - Harmonia axyridis
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black and orange insect - perhaps milkweed/aphid hunting-related - Harmonia axyridis
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
August 10, 2014

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black and orange insect - perhaps milkweed/aphid hunting-related - Harmonia axyridis black and orange insect - perhaps milkweed/aphid hunting-related - Harmonia axyridis
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Contributed by KCWildlife on 10 August, 2014 - 7:52pm
Last updated 22 August, 2015 - 11:35am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 10 August, 2014 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

Nymph
That's actually a Ladybug Nymph of some sort. :) Probably a Multicolor Asian Ladybeetle nymph. (Harmonia axyridis). Check the following link for comparison. http://bugguide.net/node/view/643940
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 10 August, 2014 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

 
actually a larva, not a nymph
the term nymph is used for insects with a hemimetabolous life cycle (with the term 'nyiad' used for those with aquatic nymphs). The term larva is used for insects with holometabolous life cycles.
… Blaine Mathison, 11 August, 2014 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much for taking the
Thanks so much for taking the time to reply.
… KCWildlife, 10 August, 2014 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

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