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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Spurleg Lady Beetles (Brachiacantha) » Ten-spotted Spurleg Lady Beetle (Brachiacantha decempustulata)
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Brachiacantha - Brachiacantha decempustulata
Copyright © 2014 Lisa I.

Brachiacantha - Brachiacantha decempustulata
Deane, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
May 27, 2014
Size: 2mm
In sweep net.

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Contributed by Lisa I. on 28 May, 2014 - 2:12am
Last updated 6 February, 2022 - 12:59pm

Moved
Moved from Brachiacantha.
… Abigail Parker, 28 May, 2014 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

ursina group - B. ursina or B. decempustulata
Both species occur in Kentucky. The small size and pale color of the spots suggest B. decempustulata, but I think the edges of the spots might be a little too orange. It's a little hard to tell with the lighting in the photos. In hand, did the spots seem more cream/yellow in color, or was there a distinct orange tinge?

B. ursina tends to be larger than B. decempustulata, but that's basically a difference of 1-1.5 mm - difficult to determine in the field!
… Abigail Parker, 28 May, 2014 - 7:24am login or register to post comments

 
It is
More yellow in color. I caught another one but they are so tiny it slipped out before I could get it in a container so I really don't know what it was, just very tiny LOL.
Beautiful little beetles though.
… Lisa I., 28 May, 2014 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

 
B. decempustulata, then
Even though keys sometimes describe B. ursina with yellow spots, that's based on preserved specimens in collections - color fades in only a few years. Live beetles are vividly colored, and even the palest B. ursina have at least a bright orange rim around the spots. So I'm going with B. decempustulata here.
… Abigail Parker, 28 May, 2014 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

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