Lady beetle? - Brachiacantha ursina

Moved

Moved from unidentified ursina group.

No other ursina group species is this confluent.

… Abigail Parker, 7 June, 2011 - 12:45pm

Moved

Moved from Brachiacantha.

… Abigail Parker, 14 March, 2010 - 3:53pm

Moved

Moved from Ladybird Beetles.

… v belov, 7 July, 2009 - 9:26am

nice! another Brachiacantha?

MN seems to produce species after species of these :-]

… v belov, 6 July, 2009 - 2:50pm

head image?

any additional images, especially showing head or sides of pronotum? (initially looks to be a female) - yes, Brachiacantha sp.

… Tim Moyer, 7 July, 2009 - 6:36am

That's all

The lady flew shortly after the picture was taken. Too bad. I was leaning toward B. ursina too.

… Chad Heins, 8 July, 2009 - 2:16pm

likely B. ursina

the lady herself (vs. another member of the ursina group). The spots tend to become more confluent in the upper midwest, esp in females. Unless of course it's the infamous albifrons. A head or side image should rule out one or the other.

… Tim Moyer, 7 July, 2009 - 7:07pm