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Spotless Lady Beetles (Cycloneda)
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Bookwyrme
Strange Bug (larva?) -
Cycloneda
Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA
October 28, 2010
Found on the nasturtium. May be munching nasturtium leaf, may be munching black aphid-things.
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Contributed by
Bookwyrme
on 28 October, 2010 - 1:15pm
Last updated 4 April, 2011 - 5:17pm
Moved
Moved from
Lady Beetles
.
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Abigail Parker
, 29 October, 2010 - 6:50pm
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Abigail Parker
, 29 October, 2010 - 6:48pm
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Lady Beetle larva.
Someone else may be able to tell you what kind. They are voracious predators, and really go for aphids.
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 28 October, 2010 - 1:19pm
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Ah good. It is welcome to all
Ah good. It is welcome to all the aphids it can eat.
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Bookwyrme
, 28 October, 2010 - 1:21pm
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Cycloneda, probably C. sanguinea
Probably the larva of the Spotless Lady Beetle,
Cycloneda sanguinea
, but it's possible that this is the other Californian sp. of
Cycloneda
, the Western Blood-red Lady Beetle,
C. polita
.
If you have any more shots, or pictures of other individuals, a photo taken looking straight down at the insect would help determine species. The shapes of the abdomens are distinctive in
Cycloneda
larvae.
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Abigail Parker
, 29 October, 2010 - 6:45pm
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