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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Dusky Lady Beetles (Scymnini) » Scymnus » pronotum all orange (Scymnus pronotum all orange) » Kansas Lady Beetle (Scymnus kansanus)
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Dusky Lady Beetle - Scymnus kansanus
Copyright © 2012 Karl Hillig

Dusky Lady Beetle - Scymnus kansanus
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
May 23, 2012
Size: ~ 2 mm
On white ash leaf. ID help appreciated.

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Dusky Lady Beetle - Scymnus kansanus Dusky Lady Beetle - Scymnus kansanus Dusky Lady Beetle - Scymnus kansanus
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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 23 May, 2012 - 8:20pm
Last updated 27 May, 2012 - 7:27pm

Moved
Moved from Dusky Lady Beetles.
… Abigail Parker, 27 May, 2012 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

Scymnus kansanus
The narrow, elongated shape is the first clue. Thank you for the ventral image, that's necessary to tell this sp. from S. cervicalis! The structure of the prosternal carinae and the fifth abdominal segment match S. kansanus perfectly.
… Abigail Parker, 27 May, 2012 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

some Scymnus look exactly like this, but i'm no expert
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 23 May, 2012 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

 
The studio shots
should help narrow it down. I'm thinking maybe S. cervicalis?
… Karl Hillig, 27 May, 2012 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
the LB Team will take care of it
… v belov, 27 May, 2012 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

 
I feel like I need a theme song now!
:)
… Abigail Parker, 27 May, 2012 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

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