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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) » Scymnus » mostly pale spp. (Scymnus mostly pale spp.) » Nebulous Lady Beetle (Scymnus nebulosus)
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tiny beetle - Scymnus nebulosus
Copyright © 2008 Gary McDonald

tiny beetle - Scymnus nebulosus
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
September 1, 2008
Size: ~3mm.
Collected in our yard from Baccharis pilularis by using a beating sheet. (live oak/chaparral habitat).

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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 1 September, 2008 - 7:45pm
Last updated 20 June, 2011 - 1:22pm

Moved
Moved from Dusky Lady Beetles.
… Abigail Parker, 20 June, 2011 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

Scymnus nebulosus
California location, semi-random blotchy dark spots, dark median area on pronotum - nothing else quite like it!
… Abigail Parker, 20 June, 2011 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ladybird Beetles.
… v belov, 19 June, 2009 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

Moving -
to family page for now. We don't seem to have subfamily or tribe pages for these beetles.
… Ken Schneider, 24 September, 2008 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

 
been talked about
the addition of subfamily/tribe pages has been talked about specifically for this family, and generally in the BugGuide forums. Generally it seems several of our professional experts are against it, due to the ever changing makeup of these subdivisions (just look up almost any large family in Am Beetles and you'll likely see this same comment). But the result more "clutter" at the family level. Seems we've only proven again that we'll never please all of the people all of the time :(
… Tim Moyer, 20 October, 2008 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

Coccinellidae
Scymninae, possibly Scymnus.
… Michael C. Thomas, 2 September, 2008 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Michael
for the possible genus ID.
… Gary McDonald, 2 September, 2008 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

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