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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Spotless Lady Beetles (Cycloneda) » Polished Lady Beetle (Cycloneda munda)
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Lady Beetle - Cycloneda munda
Copyright © 2008 Bruce Marlin

Lady Beetle - Cycloneda munda
Warrenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
October 6, 2008
Size: 4mm
I can never get the facial markings straight...
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Contributed by Bruce Marlin on 6 October, 2008 - 5:50pm
Last updated 7 October, 2008 - 6:34pm

My way to differentiate...
Black spot with light red or orange elytra = Polished Lady Beetle (Cycloneda munda)


Black spot with bright red elytra = Cycloneda polita


White spot = Spotless Ladybird Beetle (Cycloneda sanguinea)

… Ron M., 6 October, 2008 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Man
You lost me.
… Bruce Marlin, 7 October, 2008 - 7:36am login or register to post comments

 
info page
please see the genus info page here at BugGuide. Location also offers significant determination (more reliable than elytra color).

btw, this is C. munda.
… Tim Moyer, 7 October, 2008 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks.
… Bruce Marlin, 7 October, 2008 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Tim -
I just checked and, unfortunately, the Cycloneda genus info page has almost nothing. It looks like our (your?) ID tips are on the polita and sanguinea species pages - do you think we should move some of those comments and images (or links) to the genus page?
… Ken Schneider, 7 October, 2008 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

 
done now -
something I've been wanting to get done, to the extent that I thought it already was :(
… Tim Moyer, 7 October, 2008 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

 
Wow -
that's wonderful - you are quick!! :)
… Ken Schneider, 7 October, 2008 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

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