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Lady beetle larva with prey - Day 3 - Coleomegilla maculata
Copyright © 2009 Abigail Parker

Lady beetle larva with prey - Day 3 - Coleomegilla maculata
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 17, 2009
Size: ~2 mm
Second instar. The orange pattern is more extensive now.

Prey: Aphid - I don't know what kind.

Plant: Lady's thumb/smartweed (Polygonum sp.), my main source of aphids in July

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Lady beetle larvae at egg hatch - Day 1 - Coleomegilla maculata Lady beetle larva with prey - Day 2 - Coleomegilla maculata Lady beetle larva with prey - Day 3 - Coleomegilla maculata Lady beetle larva with prey - Day 4 - Coleomegilla maculata Lady beetle larva with prey - Day 5 - Coleomegilla maculata Lady beetle larva - Day 6 - Coleomegilla maculata Lady beetle larva - Day 7 (a) - Coleomegilla maculata Lady beetle larva - Day 7 (b) - Coleomegilla maculata Lady beetle larva - Day 8 - Coleomegilla maculata Lady beetle larva - Day 9 - Coleomegilla maculata Lady beetle larva with prey - Day 10 - Coleomegilla maculata Lady beetle larva - prepupa - Day 11/12 - Coleomegilla maculata Lady beetle pupa - Day 13 (a) - Coleomegilla maculata Lady beetle pupa - Day 13 (b) - Coleomegilla maculata Pink Spotted Lady Beetle - Day 19 - Coleomegilla maculata
Contributed by Abigail Parker on 16 August, 2009 - 3:06pm
Last updated 21 February, 2010 - 11:52am

Moved
Moved from Spotted Lady Beetle.
… Abigail Parker, 21 February, 2010 - 10:16am

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