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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Hippodamia » Thirteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Hippodamia tredecimpunctata)
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Coccinellidae: Hippodamia trecimpunctata? - Hippodamia tredecimpunctata
Copyright © 2013 Carl Barrentine

Coccinellidae: Hippodamia trecimpunctata? - Hippodamia tredecimpunctata
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
May 27, 2013
Size: Length ~ 5 mm
This specimen may be an example of the Thirteen-spotted Lady Beetle, I think. One of these lovely beetles on about every hundred Dandelion blossoms just now. ;-)
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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 27 May, 2013 - 5:54pm
Last updated 7 October, 2014 - 9:28am

Moved
Moved from Hippodamia.
… Carl Barrentine, 28 May, 2013 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

Yes, H. tredecimpunctata
The keyhole shape on the pronotum is distinctive for this species.
… Abigail Parker, 28 May, 2013 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Abigail!
Thanks for the ID confirmation. I'll move this to the species-level to add ND to the BG map. ;-)
… Carl Barrentine, 28 May, 2013 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

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