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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Unidentified immatures
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Ladybird Beetle?
Copyright © 2008 Kay Loughman

Ladybird Beetle?
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA
May 17, 2008
Size: 3/8"
Unidentified beetle (?) on Italian thistle, on chip pile at 1200ft. elev. Second picture is a bit blurry, but shows segmentation. On nearby plants (all Italian thistle) were many 7-spotted ladybird beetles.

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Ladybird Beetle? Ladybird Beetle?
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Contributed by Kay Loughman on 17 May, 2008 - 3:13pm
Last updated 20 October, 2008 - 11:53am

Moved
Moved from Ladybird Beetles.
… Tim Moyer, 20 October, 2008 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

It's The Pupa
Just like a caterpillar's chrysalis, the adult lady beetle will emerge from this.
… Tim Doyle, 17 May, 2008 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

 
It's the Pupa
So I have to wait for the adult to find out what it is?
… Kay Loughman, 17 May, 2008 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Watchful waiting, doctors call it.
That may be your best bet, short of plowing through loads of images here and maybe still coming up dry. Or maybe you'll be lucky with this request. (It doesn't appear to be the common "spikey footed" Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis) which is often IDed.)
… Ron Hemberger, 17 May, 2008 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

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