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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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White headed ladybug with friend(?) - Harmonia axyridis
Copyright © 2010 Brian Grant

White headed ladybug with friend(?) - Harmonia axyridis
Punta Gorda FL, Charlotte County, Florida, USA
October 11, 2010
I found this slightly unusual ladybug on some of my shrubbery today. When I pulled theimages onto my computer I see another insect on top of the ladybug. A slightly better view of the passenger will be in the next picture. I'd like a good ID on the ladybug and the rider.

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White headed ladybug with friend(?) - Harmonia axyridis White headed ladybug with friend(?) - Harmonia axyridis
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Contributed by Brian Grant on 11 October, 2010 - 10:11am
Last updated 13 November, 2010 - 2:53pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 11 October, 2010 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

lady beetle
The beetle is Harmonia axyridis; I think the 'rider' is debris.
… Blaine Mathison, 11 October, 2010 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

 
the 'rider'
may be the exuvia (shed skin) of an early instar of an orthopteran of some kind. Either way, it does not represent something currently alive.
… Blaine Mathison, 11 October, 2010 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

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