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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Fungus-eating Lady Beetles (Psyllobora) » Psyllobora borealis
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Ladybug for Abigail - Psyllobora borealis
Copyright © 2010 Mandy Howe

Ladybug for Abigail - Psyllobora borealis
Enumclaw, Forested Unincorporated King County, Washington, USA
Size: 2mm

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Contributed by Mandy Howe on 1 January, 2010 - 2:29am
Last updated 1 January, 2010 - 12:07pm

Moved
Moved from Lady Beetles.
… Mandy Howe, 1 January, 2010 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

great ventral shot!
I always like having a ventral photo of lady beetles. Some of the most important features are on the underside, the kind where the key says "Postcoxal line of Scymnus type = this tribe, postcoxal line of Nephus type = that tribe," and you can't get any further than that if someone didn't photograph the venter. Also vital for the "twice-stabbed" lady beetles in Chilocorinae - you can't tell Axion plagiatum from Chilocorus cacti from Chilocorus stigma without flipping it over. So keep flipping 'em when you photograph 'em!
… Abigail Parker, 1 January, 2010 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

 
Venter
I was hoping there was something of interest on their undersides! Wait till I submit the (what I think to be) Mulsantina picta photos in a few minutes... I got some nice venter photos! I used a different light source than I did on this P. borealis and it turned out better. I might even try to get some better re-takes of this one since I still have it.
… Mandy Howe, 1 January, 2010 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

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