Lady Bug Buffet - Hippodamia convergens

May I use this photo for an academic presentation?

SABeebe,

May I use this photo for an academic presentation. You do not have an e-mail address listed. I am taking the liberty to use it to serve as an example of a beneficial predator. I will cite it as;

Photo Credit: (c) 2009 SABeebe http://bugguide.net/node/view/329370

If you happen to object, please contact me @ andrew.tebeau@usu.edu

Thank you in advance.

Best Regard,
Drew Tebeau

… Andrew Tebeau, 8 January, 2012 - 3:47pm

Permission granted

No objections at all.. you have my permission. My email address is sabeebe@comcast.net, for any future need.

Thanks.
Susan A Beebe

… SABeebe, 8 January, 2012 - 4:55pm

Moved

Moved from Hippodamia.

Chapin's review of Hippodamia(1) doesn't show any other North American species with this pattern other than H. convergens. Arizona or not, I'm confident now :-)

… Abigail Parker, 19 September, 2009 - 6:04pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Abigail Parker, 6 September, 2009 - 4:34pm

looks like it to me

That's a really nice shot.

… Andrew Williams, 6 September, 2009 - 1:19pm

Probably ID'd, definitely nice shot!

Someone might come along and whack me with a heavy book about all the variations of Hippodamia species in the Southwest, but it sure looks like H. convergens to me.

This is a great image of a lady beetle doing what they do best - chowing down on dozens of aphids! I'm putting it on the Info page for genus Coccinellidae - scroll down to the "Food" section.

… Abigail Parker, 6 September, 2009 - 4:28pm