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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Chilocorinae » Halmus » Steelblue Lady Beetle (Halmus chalybeus)
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Halmus Chalybeus, Steelblue Lady Beetle? - Halmus chalybeus - female
Copyright © 2017 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Halmus Chalybeus, Steelblue Lady Beetle? - Halmus chalybeus - Female
Santa Cruz, Randall Morgan's Garden, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
June 25, 2017
Size: ~4mm
At least it gives a glimpse at the legs. This beetle is very prone to resting with its legs completely obscured, so it least a glimpse of legs that, as it turns out are not black, but somewhat orange.

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Halmus Chalybeus, Steelblue Lady Beetle? - Halmus chalybeus - female Halmus Chalybeus, Steelblue Lady Beetle? - Halmus chalybeus - female
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 27 June, 2017 - 12:39am
Last updated 6 July, 2017 - 1:53am

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