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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Fungus-eating Lady Beetles (Psyllobora) » Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle (Psyllobora vigintimaculata)
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Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle - Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Copyright © 2008 Peter Cristofono

Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle - Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 8, 2008
Size: small ~ 2-3 mm
Over 20 spots - hard to count them.
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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 8 October, 2008 - 3:38pm
Last updated 8 October, 2008 - 7:20pm

"Small" doesn't contain much information.
A newborn baby and a 6 oz. soft drink are small too, but they are sure as heck larger that this "small" insect :)
… Skip Blanchard, 8 October, 2008 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Ok
I estimate 2 to 3 mm.
… Peter Cristofono, 8 October, 2008 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

Likely -
Psyllobora? - not sure if it's the ever-popular Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle. :)
… Ken Schneider, 8 October, 2008 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

 
It is.
I can't figure out how to count the spots, either, but I know this one.
… Ron Hemberger, 8 October, 2008 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thank you Ron and Ken
… Peter Cristofono, 8 October, 2008 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

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