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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Hyperaspidini » Sigil Lady Beetles (Hyperaspis) » Hyperaspis osculans
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Tiny Spotted Ladybug - Hyperaspis osculans
Copyright © 2014 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Tiny Spotted Ladybug - Hyperaspis osculans
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
October 1, 2014
Size: ~2mm
Pinhead sized Ladybug. Don't confuse the broad flat structures sticking out of the head as part of the antennas. The antennas, as is always the case with ladybugs are small thin and are slightly pointed at the ends.
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 2 October, 2014 - 5:27am
Last updated 24 August, 2015 - 12:32pm

Moved
Moved from Brachiacantha.
… Mike Quinn, 24 August, 2015 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

 
H. osculans
Can this species definitely have the orange discal spot in the center like this? Seems like quadrioculata, though we can't see the apical markings from this angle.
… James Bailey, 16 February, 2016 - 11:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Mike!
Looking at your bio, I feel honored to be helped by such a massive contributor! I hope the famous 65 MPE lived up to your expectations. I, a mere mortal, must be content with ordinary macro lenses.

That's OK. I am still amazed but what I see!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 24 August, 2015 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively; can't r/o Hyperaspis
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 2 October, 2014 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

 
Mandables?
Thanks for the ID! I was mistaking the inferior wide structures for antennae and not see the superior typical narrow Coccinellidae antennae.

I am also confused by the comparison of the antennae as they appear in two different shots of the same individual taken by Mike Quin. Why do the antennae (?) look different in the two shots of a Brachiacantha quadrillum?

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… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 2 October, 2014 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

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