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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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Is this an Earwig? - Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
Copyright © 2011 Edelberto Cabrera

Is this an Earwig? - Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
October 12, 2011
Size: 6-8mm
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Contributed by Edelberto Cabrera on 16 October, 2011 - 3:48pm
Last updated 18 November, 2012 - 11:08am

Florida seems unlikely for this species
Might this be Coelophora inaequalis instead?
… john and jane balaban, 11 September, 2023 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Propylea.
… Abigail Parker, 10 November, 2011 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Eggs, Larvae, and Pupae.
… Abigail Parker, 10 November, 2011 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Carmen is probably right about species, too
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 26 October, 2011 - 8:12am login or register to post comments

This is...
... a ladybug larva of some sort (not necessarily this species.)
… Carmen Champagne, 16 October, 2011 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Ladybug larvae
Thanks, this is the first time I have ever seen one of these. They do look "menacing". I am sure it is Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
… Edelberto Cabrera, 16 October, 2011 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

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