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Cream-spotted Lady Beetle (Calvia quatuordecimguttata)
Photo#661603
Copyright © 2012
Christopher Adam
Black beetle with red spotsf -
Calvia quatuordecimguttata
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Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
June 16, 2012
Size: 5mm
The male and the female have different shaped red spots.
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Contributed by
Christopher Adam
on 22 June, 2012 - 8:52am
Last updated 25 June, 2012 - 8:25am
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Abigail Parker
, 25 June, 2012 - 8:25am
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Calvia quatuordecimguttata
This species is extremely variable, and you have here two of the red-spotted melanic variations: the male with hook-shaped markings, the female with heart-shaped markings. I wonder what the offspring will look like!
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Abigail Parker
, 25 June, 2012 - 8:22am
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Brad Barnd
, 22 June, 2012 - 3:56pm
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interesting...
my first guess was a Hyperaspis of some kind, but at 5 mm would be a bit big. Abigail can be more precise.
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Blaine Mathison
, 22 June, 2012 - 10:55am
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