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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Calvia » Cream-spotted Lady Beetle (Calvia quatuordecimguttata)
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Unusual ladybug, spots on head - Calvia quatuordecimguttata
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Unusual ladybug, spots on head - Calvia quatuordecimguttata
Windsor Junction, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
August 31, 2014
Size: 5mm
Spots are unusally large and the head appears to have 2 large spots as well, never seen anything like this one. Even the orange color was different, looked pale orange.
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Contributed by Wildlife Sightings on 22 September, 2014 - 6:31pm
Last updated 22 September, 2014 - 8:03pm

agree with C. quatuordecimguttata
On the info page for this species is a comparison of C. quatuordecimguttata and Coleomegilla maculata:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/26792#see_also
… Abigail M. Parker, 23 September, 2014 - 10:02am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 22 September, 2014 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

something like Coleomegilla maculata
but wait for another opinion.


Another possibility
… tom murray, 22 September, 2014 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks for id help
Never heard of Cream-spotted Lady Beetle before, they are a surprisingly diverse genus, thanks again.
… Wildlife Sightings, 23 September, 2014 - 7:39am login or register to post comments

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