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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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Western Blood-Red Lady Beetle - Cycloneda polita
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Western Blood-Red Lady Beetle - Cycloneda polita
Sierra City, Sierra County, California, USA
June 26, 2006
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Contributed by tom murray on 8 July, 2006 - 2:37pm
Last updated 18 March, 2023 - 9:25am

Moved
Moved from Cycloneda.
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Moved
Moved from Polished Lady Beetle.
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Cycloneda polita
Overall pattern and color are typical of Cycloneda, and only C. polita is white on the sides of the 6th and 7th abdominal segments, and in the center of the 8th abdominal segment.
… Abigail Parker, 18 September, 2009 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

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