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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Coccinella » narrow black elytral suture (Coccinella narrow black elytral suture) » California Lady Beetle (Coccinella californica)
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Spotless Lady Beetle #2 - Coccinella californica
Copyright © 2011 Scott Peden

Spotless Lady Beetle #2 - Coccinella californica
Bonny Doon, Back Ranch Rd, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
May 18, 2011

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Contributed by Scott Peden on 21 May, 2011 - 12:28am
Last updated 21 May, 2011 - 3:20pm

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… Abigail Parker, 21 May, 2011 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

Coccinella californica
Nice find! The black suture is very distinctive. A similar species is the immaculate form of Coccinella novemnotata, but that one has a white bar connecting the two white patches on the pronotum.
… Abigail Parker, 21 May, 2011 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

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