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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Unidentified immatures
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on island mallow plant, possibly eating aphids
Copyright © 2014 stephen Rosenthal

on island mallow plant, possibly eating aphids
SAN JOSE, Santa Clara County, California, USA
July 29, 2014
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Contributed by stephen Rosenthal on 29 July, 2014 - 12:16pm
Last updated 28 November, 2014 - 3:19am

Moved for expert attention & cropped, data corrected
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 28 November, 2014 - 3:17am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 29 August, 2014 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

Didions
There is also a species of didions related to the ladybird beetle that eats aphids instead of mealy bug. They are smaller than cryptolaemus.
… Beth Close, 30 July, 2014 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

Didion Nanum
Could be it.
… Beth Close, 30 July, 2014 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

Mealybug Destroyer (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri)
Great predator of aphids, mealybugs and other undesirables.
… Monica Krancevic, 29 July, 2014 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

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