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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Anisosticta » Marsh Lady Beetle (Anisosticta bitriangularis)
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Coccinellid - Anisosticta bitriangularis
Copyright © 2009 Tim Loh

Coccinellid - Anisosticta bitriangularis
Pine Lake, Alberta, Canada
May 23, 2009
Size: 4 mm
Looks like something from Psyllobora; sweepnetted from tall grass
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Contributed by Tim Loh on 27 May, 2009 - 12:02am
Last updated 27 May, 2009 - 8:39am

don't think Psyllobora; Anisosticta comes to mind
but i'm nor familiar w/nearctic cocc. -- it's just a guess
… v belov, 27 May, 2009 - 6:41am login or register to post comments

 
A. bitriangularis
only species found in AB. Matches pictures in the guide and elsewhere on the Internet
… Tim Loh, 27 May, 2009 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
another option?
acc'g to the Checklist of the Beetles of Canada and Alaska, A. borealis Timberlake also has a wide ON--AK range, incl. AB.
no idea how the two differ.
… v belov, 27 May, 2009 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

 
According to John Acorn's "Ladybugs of Alberta"
as here, C. borealis is possibly found in north AB but there are no confirmed records.
… Tim Loh, 27 May, 2009 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

 
you've convinced me
*
… v belov, 27 May, 2009 - 9:57am login or register to post comments

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