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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Chilocorinae » Twice-stabbed Lady Beetles (Chilocorus) » Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle (Chilocorus stigma)
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2 Red - Chilocorus stigma
Copyright © 2014 Jonathan Burishkin

2 Red - Chilocorus stigma
Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA
March 9, 2014
Size: ~4mm
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Contributed by Jonathan Burishkin on 6 August, 2014 - 3:37pm
Last updated 8 August, 2014 - 10:59am

Moved
Moved from Lady Beetles.
… Abigail Parker, 8 August, 2014 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

Chilocorus stigma
The rounded oval spots, positioned before the midpoint of the body, point to C. stigma. (The other two similar Eastern species are C. kuwanae, which has square spots at or aft of the midpoint, and C. cacti, whose range is expanding north but has not yet reached Georgia.)

While the "black with two red spots" pattern is common in many Hyperaspis species, there are several features separating them from Chilocorus. Most noticeably, Chilocorus has an explanate (flared) "rim" and appears helmet-shaped from the side. It also has black eyes and short black antennae; Hyperaspis has blue eyes and long, pale, thread-like antennae.
… Abigail Parker, 7 August, 2014 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

diff. subfamily [Chilocorinae]
Moved from unidentified signata or binotata group.
… v belov, 6 August, 2014 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

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