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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Dusky Lady Beetles (Scymnini) » Scymnus » pronotum entirely black (Scymnus pronotum entirely black) » Calaveras Lady Beetle (Scymnus calaveras)
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Red-legged Scymninae - Scymnus calaveras - male
Copyright © 2010 Marius Aurelian

Red-legged Scymninae - Scymnus calaveras - Male
Cawston, Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
July 10, 2009
Size: about 2.8 mm in legth
Found in a grape juice trap in an apple orchard. Larger and with red legs when compared to the ones i commonly find.

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Red-legged Scymninae - Scymnus calaveras - male Red-legged Scymninae - Scymnus calaveras - male
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Contributed by Marius Aurelian on 31 October, 2010 - 2:53am
Last updated 22 June, 2011 - 8:22am

Moved
Moved from Scymninae.
… Abigail Parker, 21 June, 2011 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Scymnus calaveras
Big, dark, strongly modified abdominal sterna, British Columbia; a very distinctive species!
… Abigail Parker, 21 June, 2011 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
It's particularly pleasing to know that i found something interesting in my kairomone samples. This was the only specimen collected in 2009.
… Marius Aurelian, 23 June, 2011 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

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