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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Coccinella » pale elytral suture (Coccinella pale elytral suture) » Transverse Lady Beetle (Coccinella transversoguttata)
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Lady bug or Asian lady beetle? - Coccinella transversoguttata
Copyright © 2016 MistyBlue

Lady bug or Asian lady beetle? - Coccinella transversoguttata
Ridgeway, Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska, USA
June 1, 2016
Size: Less then .50"
I saw this little beetle sitting in my deck today. I was going to move it to my rose bushes but thought it might be something other then a lady bug. When I went to take a picture of it's face it jumped a tiny bit, so it's alive. I heard Asian lady beetles are biters- so I didn't want to touch it.
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Contributed by MistyBlue on 1 June, 2016 - 4:24pm
Last updated 24 June, 2018 - 10:39pm

Moved
Moved from Coccinella.
… john and jane balaban, 13 September, 2016 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved, Coccinella sp.
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 1 June, 2016 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
No doubt t-guttata
AK is one of the few places where you can still see this species relatively easily...
… James Bailey, 5 June, 2016 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

Transverse Lady Beetle
A native species. Compare:
… Chris Mallory, 1 June, 2016 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow!
Oh wow!! :)
That's the one!
Thank you, Chris!
… MistyBlue, 1 June, 2016 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

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