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Day 1 - Cycloneda polita

Day 1 - Cycloneda polita
Alameda County, California, USA
August 4, 2009
Three larvae hatched--not many. This clutch of eggs may have harbored the Wolbachia bacterium, which kills male ladybird embryos and sometimes feminizes genetic males. Wolbachia produces low hatch rates and a preponderance of females.

At 8:04 p.m., the larvae look poised to spend the night on the eggs and eggshells.

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