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Hippodamia glacialis glacialis
Photo#122245
Copyright © 2007
Stephen Luk
Large Parenthesis Lady Beetle -
Hippodamia glacialis
Richmond Hill, York Region, Ontario, Canada
June 23, 2007
Size: 8 mm
Crawling quickly on
Solidago
- sorry for blurry shot.
This is one of the largest members of its genus, at 6-8 mm in length. Needs new species page.
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Contributed by
Stephen Luk
on 27 June, 2007 - 8:59pm
Last updated 15 June, 2011 - 8:39am
Moved
Moved from
Glacial Lady Beetle
.
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Abigail Parker
, 15 June, 2011 - 8:39am
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Moved
Moved from
Hippodamia
.
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Boris Büche
, 29 June, 2007 - 4:30am
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Not conver*gens?
Compare
, especially pronotal markings.
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Jim McClarin
, 27 June, 2007 - 10:34pm
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Don't think so.
Note that in
convergens
, the apical region of each elytron bears three large, prominent spots, whereas at least two of these are fused in
glacialis
. Also,
glacialis
lacks the pair of smaller spots along the inner elytral margin, while the humeral spot (visible in my image as a small smudge on the right elytron) is smaller and much less defined.
The pronotal pattern of
convergens
is dash-like, whereas in
glacialis
it has more of a violin f-hole shape.
glacialis
also seems to be somewhat lighter in color (although my old specimen of this species is red like a
conver*gens
; I think that's probably just the result of fading.)
Both species are probably quite variable, but I think this case presents us with a good
glacialis
candidate. A fine comparison image of
glacialis
can be found in
this poster
.
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Stephen Luk
, 27 June, 2007 - 11:30pm
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concur
you got it, but using Gordon
(
1
)
, I concur with H. glacialis
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Tim Moyer
, 28 June, 2007 - 11:15am
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Excellent rebuttal
to my ignorant question. Now I know. Thanks, Stephen.
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Jim McClarin
, 28 June, 2007 - 6:03am
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Thank you.
I often ask stupid questions, as you might notice from time to time :-) But hey, we're all here to learn, aren't we?
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Stephen Luk
, 28 June, 2007 - 11:15pm
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