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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Chilocorinae » Exochomus
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Lady Beetle - Exochomus
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Lady Beetle - Exochomus
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
February 10, 2009
Size: 3mm (1/8")
This little guy was crawling around on the bark of a pine tree. As you can see, it looks a little flustered. It's because the wind was blowing around 40mph in front of an oncoming tornadic storm (side-swiped us). It's holding on for all it's worth and then finally finds shelter in the folds and valleys of the bark.

Please help with ID.

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 11 February, 2009 - 12:32pm
Last updated 19 February, 2009 - 1:27pm

Not an ID -
but check out our images of Exochomus childreni while you wait for Tim M. or another expert to comment...
… Ken Schneider, 11 February, 2009 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

 
suggest leave at genus level
this is probably the pale form of E. marginipennis (LeConte), based on your location being outside stated range for E. childreni. But they are otherwise mostly inseparable. This one (and your other "E. childreni" previously IDed by me) both look more rounded as E. childreni should, while E. marginipennis should be slightly elongate. Still, I just can't tell for sure. At least I can tell you that for either species, this one is a male, based on light color legs and anterolateral margins of pronotum.
… Tim Moyer, 19 February, 2009 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

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