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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Dusky Lady Beetles (Scymnini) » Scymnus
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Maybe Scymnus? - Scymnus
Copyright © 2014 john and jane balaban

Maybe Scymnus? - Scymnus
Middle Fork Savanna Forest Preserve, Lake County, Illinois, USA
July 23, 2012
Size: 2.5mm
Came to a light trap

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Maybe Scymnus? - Scymnus Maybe Scymnus? - Scymnus
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 15 March, 2014 - 10:02am
Last updated 15 March, 2014 - 2:43pm

Bob just posted a very similar one:
… v belov, 24 May, 2014 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 15 March, 2014 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

 
We thought we could figure out which one
we had by looking at Illinois on BugGuide but there aren't any posted for Illinois, and there are a ton of them -- iowensis, indianensis -- maybe we have illinoensis!! :)
… john and jane balaban, 15 March, 2014 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

 
i thought so, too: the body is pretty oblong for a Scymnus
...so it may turn out to be something else; neat beast
… v belov, 15 March, 2014 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

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