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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Giant Lady Beetles (Anatis) » Flying Saucer Lady Beetle (Anatis rathvoni)
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Predaceous Larva - Anatis rathvoni
Copyright © 2008 Ken Schneider

Predaceous Larva - Anatis rathvoni
SFSU Field Station, Sierra County, California, USA
July 8, 2008
Size: ~ 1 cm
Found on the side of my tent in the morning. A coccinellid larva preying on a lepidopteran or sawfly larva?
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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 12 July, 2008 - 11:44pm
Last updated 10 February, 2010 - 12:13pm

Moved
Moved from Giant Lady Beetles.
… Abigail Parker, 10 February, 2010 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

Breakfast is a sawfly
Too many prolegs for a caterpillar. I agree with Tim, the lady beetle is definitely Anatis and by location it must be A. rathvoni.
… Abigail Parker, 19 December, 2009 - 9:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eggs, Larvae, and Pupae (family level).
… Ken Schneider, 17 October, 2008 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

Anatis sp.
using my new professional reference key to larvae (1), I'm able to confirm what was already commented below: "looks like this one which is Anatis" :)
… Tim Moyer, 17 October, 2008 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Tim!
Great that you're able to ID some of these now...
… Ken Schneider, 17 October, 2008 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

 
A. rathvoni?
Your location would suggest this must be A. rathvoni. Have you seen any other adult Anatis sp. around your area?
… Tim Moyer, 17 October, 2008 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Brief trip -
this was found on the side of my tent during a Sierra insect bio. class - didn't see any adult coccinellids around, that I can remember... Hope to get back there next summer!
… Ken Schneider, 17 October, 2008 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ladybird Beetles.

Looks like it might be unique to the west coast - hopefully we'll get an ID soon.
… Tim Moyer, 25 September, 2008 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Tim!
Probably would not be useful for the West coast, but do you have any idea whether this old book would be useful for ladybird larva ID? I thought about picking it up, but hoped you might know something about it:

The Larvae of the Coccinellidae.
GAGE, J. HOWARD. 1920.
… Ken Schneider, 25 September, 2008 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

 
book
it might be good, but I don't know anything about it and it's not included in the references for the family in American Beetles. They cited a larvae key by Rees and Gordon from a 1990s periodical, which I'm attempting to have copied and sent to me. Not too much has changed with NAmer Ladybirds since 1920 (except for lots more color printing) so it might be a fine reference. If you get it, please let me know how it looks.
… Tim Moyer, 26 September, 2008 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

I agree - ladybird larva
It looks a lot like this one:

Can't help with what it's eating.
… joot, 14 July, 2008 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

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