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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Spotless Lady Beetles (Cycloneda) » Western Polished Lady Beetle (Cycloneda polita)
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Color change in eggs - Cycloneda polita
Copyright © 2011 R. Berg

Color change in eggs - Cycloneda polita
Alameda County, California, USA
September 12, 2011
A few days ago, finding nine ladybug eggs on a zucchini fruit I'd harvested, I cut off that part of the squash and set it aside. This morning, hatching began. I've photographed coccinellids hatching before, , but the color change this time is something new. The eggs were orange until today. Seven of them turned gray overnight.

Photo taken at 11:22 a.m.

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Contributed by R. Berg on 12 September, 2011 - 10:27pm
Last updated 21 October, 2011 - 5:16pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Eggs, Larvae, and Pupae. These turned out to be C. polita. I placed the larvae in an aphid-infested chard patch and checked their markings in a later instar.
… R. Berg, 21 October, 2011 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lady Beetles.
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