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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Adalia » Two-spotted Lady Beetle (Adalia bipunctata)
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Lady beetle - Adalia bipunctata
Copyright © 2013 John Ashley

Lady beetle - Adalia bipunctata
Whitefish, Flathead County, Montana, USA
July 6, 2012
Harmonia axyridis? Found on lower surface of elm leaf in grassy city park.
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Contributed by John Ashley on 9 July, 2013 - 11:23am
Last updated 20 July, 2013 - 10:59am

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 20 July, 2013 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

now I'm officially calling Adalia bipunctata
Since you found an adult in the vicinity, I don't have doubts about the species; I was hesitant to give a hard det. before since A. bipunctata isn't terribly common, especially in urban areas.
… Abigail Parker, 10 July, 2013 - 11:05am login or register to post comments

NOT H. axyridis! - maybe Adalia or Hippodamia
H. axyridis always has the double-branched spines of the shed larval skin visible at the rear of the pupa.

The overall gestalt is saying "Adalia bipunctata" to me, but I wouldn't rule out Hippodamia. The pattern of the pronotum appears to be showing through the pupa, but I'm not getting a good feel for the species from it. (It actually looks like an Anatis pronotum, but the pupa would be very spiky and the area over the elytra would probably not be as dark.)
… Abigail Parker, 10 July, 2013 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

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