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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Propylea » Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata)
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Lady Beetle - Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
Copyright © 2011 Karl Hillig

Lady Beetle - Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
May 10, 2011
Size: ~ 4 mm?
On crab apple. ID help appreciated.

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Lady Beetle - Propylea quatuordecimpunctata Lady Beetle - Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 16 May, 2011 - 9:20am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Karl Hillig, 16 May, 2011 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

Propylaea 14-p.
unusually 'albinish'
… v belov, 16 May, 2011 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
yes indeed
There's nothing else with a dorsal pattern and coloration like that, although the pronotum is much whiter than any other one I've seen.
… Abigail Parker, 16 May, 2011 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

 
thanks, Abby.
feeling much better now.
… v belov, 16 May, 2011 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

 
This form is not uncommon in Europe
Averages about 5-10% of population in some places I've been. In mating pairs it always seem to be the male...
… James Bailey, 23 September, 2015 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

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