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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Hippodamia » Convergent Lady Beetle (Hippodamia convergens)
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ladybug pupa - Hippodamia convergens
Copyright © 2007 Michael Pettigrew

ladybug pupa - Hippodamia convergens
Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
May 28, 2007

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Contributed by Michael Pettigrew on 30 May, 2007 - 10:19pm
Last updated 6 April, 2013 - 6:55pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Eggs, Larvae, and Pupae.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 April, 2013 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

ID: Hippodamia convergens
Eric had it right! See: http://www.insectimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5303010
… Ron Hemberger, 6 April, 2013 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ladybird Beetles.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 October, 2008 - 2:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 12 July, 2007 - 7:21am login or register to post comments

ladybug pupa
Harmo*nia axyridis, probably.
… Boris Büche, 31 May, 2007 - 12:36am login or register to post comments

 
Yes and no:-)
Yes, definitely pupa of a lady beetle, but I suspect it is of Hippodamia convergens. Larval skin looks grey, lacks branching spines of Harmonia larva.
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 May, 2007 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Boris and Eric
How long it stays in the pupa stage? I tried to find some info about it on the site.
… Michael Pettigrew, 31 May, 2007 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

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