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Twice-stabbed Lady Beetles…and not so twice-stabbed
A leading candidate for the Best Lady Beetle Name award is the Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle (Chilocorus stigma), a dramatic-looking black species with two red spots. The pattern is not unique, though, and many other black-with-two-red-spots are often misidentified and called … Continue reading
All over but the scymnines…
Three more subfamilies have all the info pages complete: colorful Coccidulinae; popular Coccinellinae; and plant-eating Epilachninae. That just leaves Scymninae, the largest subfamily, and I’ve even finished all but one genus of that one. Subfamily Coccidulinae is represented in eastern North … Continue reading
Posted in Coccidulinae, Coccinella, Coccinellinae, Drawings, Epilachna, Epilachninae, Info Pages, Lady Beetles, Rodolia, Updates
Tagged coccidulinae, coccinella, coccinella novemnotata, coccinellinae, drawing, epilachna, epilachna varivestis, epilachninae, illustration, info page, mexican been beetle, nine-spotted lady beetle, rodolia, rodolia cardinalis, scymninae, sticholotidinae, update, vedalia beetle, vedalia lady beetle
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Brachiacantha – another subfamily down
Genus Brachiacantha is one of my favorites: small, colorful, boldly-patterned lady beetles that can be easily identified to genus by the small spur on the foreleg. (You need a magnifying glass to see it, but it’s foolproof!) There are 11 … Continue reading
Hyperaspis information pages are complete…finally!
Genus Hyperaspis is one of the largest in North America – there are 32 species in the east alone – but consists of very tiny beetles, none more than 5 mm long. I’ve finally finished all 32 species pages, most … Continue reading
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