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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 trifurcata
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Beetle - Hyperaspis trifurcata
Copyright © 2015 Gc33

Beetle - Hyperaspis trifurcata
San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, USA
November 23, 2015
Size: 2-3mm
This specimen along with many others I have been finding on prickly pear cactus pads.

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Contributed by Gc33 on 24 November, 2015 - 9:30am
Last updated 26 November, 2015 - 4:56pm

Moved
Moved from Hyperaspis.
… Blaine Mathison, 26 November, 2015 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert review... (trifurcata?)
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 24 November, 2015 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Hyperaspis trifurcata
this is one of the few distinctive Hyperaspis in pattern. It is also the only species that regularly lives on Opuntia cactus...
… James Bailey, 25 November, 2015 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

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