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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Dusky Lady Beetles (Scymnini) » Didion » Didion punctatum
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Beetle - Didion punctatum
Copyright © 2008 Peter Cristofono

Beetle - Didion punctatum
Nahant, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 4, 2008
Size: ~ 1 - 1.5 mm

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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 4 July, 2008 - 10:22pm
Last updated 23 March, 2012 - 9:46am

Moved
Moved from Dusky Lady Beetles.
… Abigail Parker, 23 March, 2012 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scymnus.
… Abigail Parker, 30 January, 2010 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ladybird Beetles.
… Peter Cristofono, 19 November, 2008 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

Scymnus --
looks very much like S. suturalis to me
… v belov, 14 September, 2008 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

 
too elongated/dark-legged, I think
Scymnus always has pale yellowish legs - it can be hard to tell against a brownish-black background like this image, but the beetle's legs look dark to me, without yellow or orange tones. Some Scymnus are elongated, of course, but they tend to be more ovoid - this one is rather rectangular and boxy-looking.
… Abigail Parker, 30 January, 2010 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

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