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Diomus terminatus
Photo#642034
Copyright © 2012
Dorothy E. Pugh
Tiny beetle -
Diomus terminatus
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 14, 2012
Size: 2 or 3 mm long
Seen on a trail bollard
Contributed by
Dorothy E. Pugh
on 15 May, 2012 - 11:30am
Last updated 8 February, 2024 - 1:30pm
Moved
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Scymnus rubricaudus
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Mike Quinn
, 8 February, 2024 - 1:30pm
Gestalt looks like Diomus terminatus to me, personally
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James Bailey
, 12 October, 2016 - 9:40pm
Moved
Moved from
Dusky Lady Beetles
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Abigail Parker
, 16 May, 2012 - 8:04am
Thank you, Abigail!
It's wonderful to know the species.
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Dorothy E. Pugh
, 16 May, 2012 - 7:52pm
thanks for the good photo :)
It's VERY hard to ID Tribe Scymnini to species - many of them actually can't be ID'd except by dissection! - but a few are distinctive externally, and you found one of them, and captured the necessary features for ID too. Hope to see more of your lady beetle photos!
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Abigail Parker
, 17 May, 2012 - 8:03am
Scymnus rubricaudus
Excellent find! We don't have very many of these on BugGuide. The large pale area at the rear of the body is shared by a few other species, but the entirely-pale head and the dark pronotum with a narrow pale edge point to S. rubricaudus. (Some specimens do have dark areas on the head, but the farther south you go, the paler they get. In Florida the pronotum is also pale.)
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Abigail Parker
, 16 May, 2012 - 8:03am
lady beetle, Tribe Scymnini; will work on it more
My reference book for Tribe Scymnini is not at hand right now but I will look for this lady beetle tonight. The entirely pale head is extremely unusual and should help with an ID.
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Abigail Parker
, 15 May, 2012 - 2:02pm
Thank you both!
I'm glad to hear these interesting things and have the beetle get this attention.
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Dorothy E. Pugh
, 15 May, 2012 - 5:16pm
nice; i was also intrigued by its color scheme
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v belov
, 15 May, 2012 - 2:29pm
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ID Request
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v belov
, 15 May, 2012 - 11:41am