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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Coccinella » pale elytral suture (Coccinella pale elytral suture) » Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)
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Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) - Coccinella septempunctata
Copyright © 2009 Doug Smith

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) - Coccinella septempunctata
Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA
May 7, 2009
Size: ~3/8"
The ID is not a problem here but my question is how to find and recognize the eggs so I can complete my image set. Are eggs laid regularly in one place (under leaf?)? Do they have a characteristic that makes them obviously of this species?
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Contributed by Doug Smith on 7 May, 2009 - 6:36pm
Last updated 7 May, 2012 - 9:36am

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… Harsi S. Parker, 2 June, 2009 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

Ladybug eggs
are all pretty similar from what I've seen, but it would be great to see more of known species and see if any differences can be observed. I think you would basically have to luck out and catch a female in the act of laying them, or else collect all the ladybug eggs you find and try to raise them.
… Charley Eiseman, 7 May, 2009 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Or
catch a few females, provide them with aphids and hope that they feel inclined to lay eggs.
It is nice to see another life cycle; it seems that we are getting into them now.
… Beatriz Moisset, 7 May, 2009 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

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