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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Giant Lady Beetles (Anatis) » Eye-spotted Lady Beetle (Anatis mali)
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Looks like a lady bug. - Anatis mali - male - female
Copyright © 2012 Sean Clark

Looks like a lady bug. - Anatis mali - Male Female
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
June 2, 2012
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Contributed by Sean Clark on 12 June, 2012 - 11:01pm
Last updated 15 May, 2018 - 4:39pm

Moved
Moved from Giant Lady Beetles.
… James Bailey, 15 May, 2018 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

Different species, too
The male is Anatis mali, with his ringed spots, reddish color, and yellowing pronotum; the female is Anatis labiculata, with a deep purple color and white pronotum. Her spots are almost invisible but they don't have a trace of paler rings around them.

This is a great photo for comparison of the two species: the elongated and very explanate (flared) shape of the female contrasts with the shorter, rounder, less-explanate shape of the male.
… Abigail Parker, 23 July, 2013 - 7:54am login or register to post comments

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… Abigail Parker, 14 June, 2012 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

they are ladybugs!
The female is older than the male - this species darkens with age, from yellow-gray when it emerges from the pupa to deep red-brown, so dark the spots are barely visible.
… Abigail Parker, 14 June, 2012 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

Anatis mali
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… Larry de March, 12 June, 2012 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

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