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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Propylea » Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata)
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14-spotted lady beetle larva - Day 1 - Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
Copyright © 2009 Abigail Parker

14-spotted lady beetle larva - Day 1 - Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 26, 2009
Size: 6/28/09
First instar, within a few hours of egg hatch. A pattern is already evident: two white spots on the first abdominal segment. The legs are long in proportion to the body, with the forelegs longer than the abdomen.

Plant: Maple (Acer sp.), the same leaf the egg was laid on.

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Contributed by Abigail Parker on 25 July, 2009 - 2:23pm
Last updated 10 May, 2012 - 10:30am

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