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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Chilocorinae » Twice-stabbed Lady Beetles (Chilocorus) » Cactus Lady Beetle (Chilocorus cacti)
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twice stabbed lady beetle - Chilocorus cacti
Copyright © 2015 Salvador Vitanza

twice stabbed lady beetle - Chilocorus cacti
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
August 3, 2015
Not clear photos. I believe this specimen is carrying mites on its back.

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 3 August, 2015 - 1:20pm
Last updated 17 June, 2017 - 12:02pm

Moved
Moved from Twice-stabbed Lady Beetles.
… James Bailey, 17 June, 2017 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved, Chilocorus sp.
Moved from Lady Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 February, 2016 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Blaine!
Much appreciated.
… Salvador Vitanza, 5 February, 2016 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

Chilocorus sp
… James Bailey, 10 October, 2015 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thans James and Belov for your kind help.
… Salvador Vitanza, 10 October, 2015 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Welcome
These can only be identified if you photograph the underside. If you have these pictures you can separate the speciesr on the amount of red visible, and the position of said red area (some have it near the head for instance, while others have it at the tip of the abdomen, some are just completely red all over).
… James Bailey, 26 October, 2015 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

 
This is great info!
Unfortunately, I do not have images of the ventral area, but I will keep it in mind next time I have the opportunity to photograph them. Thank you again James!
… Salvador Vitanza, 26 October, 2015 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 21 August, 2015 - 11:39pm login or register to post comments

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