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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Spotless Lady Beetles (Cycloneda) » Spotless Lady Beetle (Cycloneda sanguinea)
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Orange and Black Bug - Cycloneda sanguinea
Copyright © 2013 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

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Eggs, Larvae, and Pupae.
… Abigail Parker, 24 October, 2013 - 5:07am login or register to post comments

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.
… Abigail Parker, 24 October, 2013 - 5:06am login or register to post comments

 
Cycloneda sanguinea
That's a very detailed analysis. Thanks you.
… kaeagles, 24 October, 2013 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention.
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 20 October, 2013 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

larvae of a lady beetle
This is the larvae of a lady beetle—what kind I don't know.
… Benjamin Davidson, 20 October, 2013 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Lady beetle larva
Perhaps Hippodamia convergens. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, would have never guessed lady beetle larva.
… kaeagles, 20 October, 2013 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

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