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Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Lady Beetle - Hyperaspis
Albany, New Hampshire, USA
May 10, 2005
Size: ~3mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 12 May, 2005 - 6:35pm
Last updated 10 November, 2017 - 4:25pm

Moved
Moved from Hyperaspis.
… James Bailey, 10 November, 2017 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

Hyperaspis
With blue eyes, it's either Tribe Hyperaspidini or Tribe Brachiacanthini. This one is sticking out its foreleg and demonstrating that it's not a brachiacanthid, which would have a prominent tibial spur.

(I've found quite a few photos of brachiacanthids with obvious tibial spurs in Hyperaspis. They're not hard to separate if you can see the foreleg, but not many beetles are this cooperative...)
… Abigail Parker, 15 December, 2009 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Good info
I'll have to watch for the tibial spur next time I come across one of these beetles.
… tom murray, 16 December, 2009 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

 
here's a good pic of the spur
An extremely cooperative Brachiacantha dentipes:
… Abigail Parker, 17 December, 2009 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

Not so sure.
As I recall, Chilocorus species are much, much rounder, almost shield-like, not oval like this. Perhaps this is another genus?
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 May, 2005 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

 
I thought
there was something a little different about this one, but I couldn't figure out what it was. Should it go in the Hyperaspis guide?
… tom murray, 12 May, 2005 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe:-)
Hyperaspis are pretty darn small, and no size indication was given here. Does resemble that genus, though.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 May, 2005 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

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