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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Chilocorinae » Axion » Twice-struck Lady Beetle (Axion plagiatum)
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Twice stabbed lady beetle - Axion plagiatum
Copyright © 2007 Cindy Calisher

Twice stabbed lady beetle - Axion plagiatum
Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
May 20, 2007
Size: approx. 1/4 "
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Contributed by Cindy Calisher on 3 June, 2007 - 11:24pm
Last updated 19 December, 2009 - 10:06pm

Moved
Moved from Axion plagiatum.
… Abigail Parker, 19 December, 2009 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chilocorus cacti.
… Abigail Parker, 19 December, 2009 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from orbus/fraternus complex.
… Abigail Parker, 26 September, 2009 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

mostly red underneath - C. cacti
This is not the best ventral photo, but both abdomen and most of the thorax of this beetle are clearly red. C. cacti is the only West Coast Chilocorus with this venter. Orange County is far enough south for the species (Gordon's map doesn't quite reach O.C. but it's extremely close). The larvae are also more colorful than most, similar to images of confirmed C. cacti larvae I've found online.
… Abigail Parker, 26 September, 2009 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ladybird Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 22 August, 2007 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

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