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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
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Is this Mountain Lady Beetle (Coccinella monticola) - Coccinella
Copyright © 2021 Judy Hoy

Is this Mountain Lady Beetle (Coccinella monticola) - Coccinella
Stevensville, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
March 14, 2013
Size: 3 to 4 mm
I was going through Lady Beetle photos and didn't have an identification for this one. If it is Coccinella monticola it hasn't been reported to the Montana Field Guide for Montana. It was on a sagebrush in dryland habitat. Thank you for any help you can give me.
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Contributed by Judy Hoy on 16 January, 2021 - 8:14pm
Last updated 17 January, 2021 - 7:37am

Probably
I don't think C. difficilis reaches Montana, and the marking width seems to align better with monticola. These two species are very similar especially in forms like this where the front bar separates a free spot.
… James Bailey, 20 January, 2021 - 12:17am login or register to post comments

 
Hmm, guess difficilis does reach MT
https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?res=800&see=I_JEL1573
… James Bailey, 20 January, 2021 - 12:18am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 17 January, 2021 - 7:37am login or register to post comments

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