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Species Cycloneda sanguinea - Spotless Lady Beetle

Spotless Ladybird Beetle - Cycloneda sanguinea - female Orange lady bug with no spots - Cycloneda sanguinea - female Cycloneda sanguinea (Linnaeus) - Cycloneda sanguinea Orange and Black Bug - Cycloneda sanguinea Cycloneda sanguinea larva with Aphis nerii - Cycloneda sanguinea Cycloneda probably polita on Boulder Raspberry - Cycloneda sanguinea - female Ladybird beetle - Cycloneda sanguinea Florida Beetle for ID - Cycloneda sanguinea
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Coccinelloidea
No Taxon (Coccinellid group)
Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)
Subfamily Coccinellinae
Genus Cycloneda (Spotless Lady Beetles)
Species sanguinea (Spotless Lady Beetle)
Other Common Names
Blood-Red Ladybird Beetle
Explanation of Names
Cycloneda sanguinea (Linnaeus 1763)
sanguinea 'blood-red'
Range
so. US (CA-FL-VA) [map](1) to Chile; Cuba, Bahamas(2)
Works Cited
1.The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico
Robert D. Gordon. 1985. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 93, No. 1.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.