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Eastern Velvethead (Zilus horni)
Photo#190429
Copyright © 2008
Scott Justis
Smallest Ladybird -
Zilus horni
Independent City of Norfolk County, Virginia, USA
June 10, 2008
Size: 1.5mm
Found this black dot crawling on my arm. Put it on a nearby leaf and here it is.
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Contributed by
Scott Justis
on 13 June, 2008 - 1:15pm
Last updated 4 October, 2009 - 10:54am
from Natalia Vandenberg:
"That combination of pubescent head+pronotum and glabrous elytra is
characteristic of
Zilus
. There is a
Zilus horni
Gordon that occurs on the east coast."
Moved from
Ladybird Beetles
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v belov
, 29 June, 2009 - 10:13am
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