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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Spotless Lady Beetles (Cycloneda) » Western Polished Lady Beetle (Cycloneda polita)
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Small Ladybug - Cycloneda polita - male
Copyright © 2014 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Small Ladybug - Cycloneda polita - Male
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
October 15, 2014
Size: ~3mm
Superficially looks like Cycloneda, however much smaller, and with different facial features. Eyes sort of bluish. The edge of the elytra with a light colored stripe. A wild guess, maybe, Mulsantina picta?
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 19 October, 2014 - 3:10am
Last updated 21 February, 2015 - 11:17am

Moved
Moved from Lady Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 19 October, 2014 - 7:24am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Blaine!
I guess this species is pretty small. I didn't realize the white face was a characteristic of males, and the recent ones I have been seeing were females. So a small, light colored male. Good to get that straight! Thanks, again!

Sort of interesting: Both my last two C. politas have completely closed circles:
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 19 October, 2014 - 11:58pm login or register to post comments

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