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Spotless Lady Beetle (Cycloneda sanguinea)
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kaeagles
Orange and Black Bug -
Cycloneda sanguinea
Fremont - Ardenwood Historic Farm, Alameda County, California, USA
October 18, 2013
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Contributed by
kaeagles
on 20 October, 2013 - 12:41pm
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 5:07am
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Abigail Parker
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Cycloneda sanguinea
The Spotless Lady Beetle. It's just about ready to pupate, you can see how stretched-out the skin looks, with whitish areas along the "seams" of the body. (That threw me initially, because I thought it might be markings on the skin, but the actual orange markings are indeed correct for C. sanguinea.)
My quick gestalt-based IDs for genus Cycloneda are based on the very long forelegs and small head. C. sanguinea is notable in the genus for its strongly-tapered body shape from the midpoint to the tip of the abdomen.
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Abigail Parker
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Cycloneda sanguinea
That's a very detailed analysis. Thanks you.
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Ken Wolgemuth
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larvae of a lady beetle
This is the larvae of a lady beetle—what kind I don't know.
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Benjamin Davidson
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Lady beetle larva
Perhaps Hippodamia convergens. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, would have never guessed lady beetle larva.
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kaeagles
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