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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Harmonia » Four-spotted Lady Beetle (Harmonia quadripunctata)
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Cream-Streaked Lady Beetle - Harmonia quadripunctata
Copyright © 2014 Peter Cristofono

Cream-Streaked Lady Beetle - Harmonia quadripunctata
Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 21, 2014
Probably Harmonia axyridis, but I'm not sure....too many spots on the pronotum?

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Cream-Streaked Lady Beetle - Harmonia quadripunctata Cream-Streaked Lady Beetle - Harmonia quadripunctata
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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 21 July, 2014 - 5:36pm
Last updated 9 March, 2017 - 5:48pm

Moved
Moved from Painted Lady Beetle.
… Peter Cristofono, 9 October, 2016 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

Yes this does look like Harmonia quadripunctata
Generally the head and pronotum is narrower than Mulsantina picta, and the pronotum pattern is quite specific. Evidence of the (subtle) marking pattern are showing as is the whitish elytral margin.

Isn't that fun? Sometimes these species have sustainable colonies that have lasted for many years, just that no one has discovered them yet.

When you see Mulsantina picta you should be able to detect a size difference. H-4 is usually reasonably larger than the look-alike species in North America.
… James Bailey, 9 October, 2016 - 12:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
I will move the photos to the H. quadripunctata page.
… Peter Cristofono, 9 October, 2016 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle.
… Blaine Mathison, 21 July, 2014 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from Lady Beetles.
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