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Hippodamia quinquesignata quinquesignata
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Copyright © 2013
Cynthia Bingham Keiser
Sad ladybug -
Hippodamia quinquesignata
Poway, San Diego County, California, USA
April 20, 2013
Ladybug on Scrub Oak at Blue Sky Ecological Reserve
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Contributed by
Cynthia Bingham Keiser
on 20 April, 2013 - 6:54pm
Last updated 30 January, 2014 - 10:46pm
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v belov
, 24 April, 2013 - 9:30am
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Hippodamia quinquesignata quinquesignata
My first impression was correct: the Five-spotted Lady Beetle. I haven't seen one with precisely these markings all together, but individually the elytra and pronotum add up to H. q. quinquesignata.
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Abigail Parker
, 23 April, 2013 - 3:28pm
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Wow
I never would have guessed that subspecies. Why is it all the way down here? Any idea why the markings are so different on this one? It's not even five-spotted? :)
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Cynthia Bingham Keiser
, 23 April, 2013 - 5:53pm
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good questions!
Mapped ranges don't always correspond to the locations of the actual beetles - I considered it carefully and concluded that the range of H. q. quinquesignata is so broad, and that of H. q. ambigua so narrow, that an overlap was possible. The markings on this one are especially confluent - I admit it is strange, but I went through every illustration in Chapin's Hippodamia monograph and absolutely nothing else has the same elytra pattern with a pronotum lacking a pale margin at the front. It's an unusual variation, but because Chapin worked from preserved specimens, someone found something like it before!
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Abigail Parker
, 24 April, 2013 - 9:07am
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Great information!
I really appreciate your reply and I in no way was questioning your expertise. Being only a nature nerd with no professional knowledge, I was just over curious :)
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Cynthia Bingham Keiser
, 24 April, 2013 - 6:39pm
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Abigail Parker
, 22 April, 2013 - 10:25am
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Probably Hippodamia quinquesignata quinquesignata
I don't have my best Hippodamia reference with me right now, I'll check it by the end of the day and should have a definite ID.
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Abigail Parker
, 22 April, 2013 - 10:13am
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Thank you!
I look forward to your final decision, Abigail :)
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Cynthia Bingham Keiser
, 22 April, 2013 - 11:08pm
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 20 April, 2013 - 8:09pm
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Hippodamia sp.
maybe H. oregonensis or moesta? There are lady beetle specialists here who can better assist.
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Blaine Mathison
, 20 April, 2013 - 7:27pm
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