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Photo#896398
Cocoon/Chrysalis? on a Pine Needle - Chilocorus cacti

Cocoon/Chrysalis? on a Pine Needle - Chilocorus cacti
Sugar Sand Park, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
February 24, 2014
Size: 1/4 inch
I noticed a Chilocorus cacti (also pictured)on top of this and wondered if it was feeding on it. Found on a Saw Palmetto frond in a Scrub Pine area in the morning

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Cocoon/Chrysalis? on a Pine Needle - Chilocorus cacti Cocoon/Chrysalis? on a Pine Needle - Chilocorus cacti

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Moved from ID Request.

Ladybug pupal skin
Apparently the adult had just recently emerged from it (although it doesn't really look teneral).

 
Pupae
I didn't realize that it was a Chilocorus cacti pupae. Thanks.

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