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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Chilocorinae » Curinus » Metallic Blue Lady Beetle (Curinus coeruleus)
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Metallic Blue Lady Beetle - Curinus coeruleus
Copyright © 2011 Karen Anthonisen Finch

Metallic Blue Lady Beetle - Curinus coeruleus
Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida, USA
December 3, 2011
This is one of several insects that were inside a leaf shelter. As I was photographing it, it flew off.
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Contributed by Karen Anthonisen Finch on 4 December, 2011 - 9:33am
Last updated 4 December, 2011 - 12:16pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 4 December, 2011 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

Curinus coeruleus
(1)
images unlinked, as they do not represent the same individual
… v belov, 4 December, 2011 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

Difference in Coloring
Is the red marking here a reflection of something, or is this a different individual from your frontal image?

As for ID, the obvious guess is some kind of Lady Beetle, Family Coccinelidae, but I'll leave that for the experts.

Later edit: it looks a lot like Curinus coeruleus, though I'm not qualified to confirm:


And as for the shelter, it looks like the kind made by Sac Spiders, not something a beetle would make.

Still later edit: I see that =v= unlinked the images and moved this one to the guide while I was doing my last edit.
… Chuck Entz, 4 December, 2011 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

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