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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Harmonia » Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
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Unknown Insect - Harmonia axyridis
Copyright © 2009 Melissa Wiseheart

Unknown Insect - Harmonia axyridis
New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA
September 23, 2009
Size: approx. 2 cm
It curled around the leaf like a caterpillar would, but it only has six legs, so I'm stumped.
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Contributed by Melissa Wiseheart on 23 September, 2009 - 2:45pm
Last updated 5 October, 2009 - 6:14pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Abigail Parker, 23 September, 2009 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

Lady beetle larva - we all said at once :-)
The multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis:


Soon to be:


It's been eating insects on the leaves. Soon it will pupate, just like a caterpillar, and about five days after that the adult lady beetle will emerge.
… Abigail Parker, 23 September, 2009 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

 
I was about to say the same o
I was about to say the same one and I saw that v belov had answered it. You would think that all we do is sit and do this all day! :-)
… R Banet, 23 September, 2009 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

 
And all night :)
If you think it is bad at 3 in the afternoon, you should see how often simultaneous answers roll in between midnight and 5 in the morning!
… Ron M., 23 September, 2009 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

 
I know...
Many nights I'm one of them!
… R Banet, 23 September, 2009 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
I was hunting up the images...
You two posted while I was looking for a good fourth instar to thumbnail. I should just bookmark one, it's MALB season and I'll need it!
… Abigail Parker, 23 September, 2009 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

ladybug larva [Harmonia axyridis]
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… v belov, 23 September, 2009 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a ladybug larva.
Looks like a ladybug larva. I'm not sure which one.
… R Banet, 23 September, 2009 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

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